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ISBN: 0665664583 4064066229337 9700000010099 Year: 1917 Publisher: Toronto : McClelland, Goodchild and Stewart,
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World War --- 1914-1918 --- Campaigns --- Western Front --- Personal narratives --- World War, 1914-1918 --- World War, 1914-1918. --- Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 --- Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918. --- Personal narratives, British. --- Récits personnels britanniques. --- European War, 1914-1918 --- First World War, 1914-1918 --- Great War, 1914-1918 --- World War 1, 1914-1918 --- World War I, 1914-1918 --- World War One, 1914-1918 --- WW I (World War, 1914-1918) --- WWI (World War, 1914-1918) --- History, Modern
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ISBN: 9780199989270 0199989273 9780199355525 0199355525 0199355533 Year: 2015 Publisher: Oxford [etc.] Oxford University Press
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"The dramatic opening weeks of the Great War passed into legend long before the conflict ended. The British Expeditionary Force fought a mesmerizing campaign, outnumbered and outflanked but courageous and skillful, holding the line against impossible odds, sacrificing themselves to stop the last great German offensive of 1914. A remarkable story of high hopes and crushing disappointment culminates in the climax of the First Battle of Ypres. And yet, as Peter Hart shows in this look at the war's first year, for too long the British part in the 1914 campaigns has been veiled in layers of self-congratulatory myth: a tale of unprepared Britain, reliant on the peerless class of her regular soldiers to bolster the rabble of the unreliable French Army and defeat the teeming hordes of German troops. But the reality of those early months is in fact far more complex-and ultimately, Hart argues, far more powerful than the standard triumphalist narrative. Fire and Movement places the British role in 1914 into a proper historical context, incorporating the personal experiences of the men who were present on the front lines. The British regulars were indeed skillful soldiers, Hart writes, courageous and adaptable in the near-impossible circumstances in which they found themselves. But they also lacked practice in many of the required disciplines of modern warfare. Hart also offers a more accurate portrait of the German Army they faced--not the caricature of hordes of automatons, but the reality of a well-trained and superlatively equipped force that outfought the BEF in the early battles--and allows readers to come to a full appreciation of the role of the French Army, which has often been marginalized"--Provided by publisher.
World War, 1914-1918 --- Première guerre mondiale --- Campaigns --- Personal narratives, British. --- Campagnes et batailles --- Récits personnels britanniques --- Great Britain. --- Germany. --- France. --- History --- Première guerre mondiale --- Récits personnels britanniques --- European War, 1914-1918 --- First World War, 1914-1918 --- Great War, 1914-1918 --- World War 1, 1914-1918 --- World War I, 1914-1918 --- World War One, 1914-1918 --- WW I (World War, 1914-1918) --- WWI (World War, 1914-1918) --- History, Modern --- France combattante. --- Norddeutscher Bund (1866-1870). --- British Expeditionary Force --- B.E.F. --- BEF --- Angliǐskai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ --- Tsava ha-Briṭi --- British Army --- בריטניה. --- צבא הבריטי --- England and Wales.
ISBN: 9780521848008 0521848008 9780511497117 9780521187770 0511134363 0511133707 9780511133701 0511135130 9780511135132 9780511134364 0511497113 9780511137303 0511137303 1280308966 9781280308963 9786610308965 6610308969 1107152909 9781107152908 0511201516 9780511201516 0511311699 9780511311697 052118777X Year: 2005 Volume: no. 22 Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,
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The popular image of the British soldier in the First World War is of a passive victim, caught up in events beyond his control, and isolated from civilian society. This 2005 book offers a different vision of the soldier's experience of war. Using letters and official sources relating to Liverpool units, Helen McCartney shows how ordinary men were able to retain their civilian outlook and use it to influence their experience in the trenches. These citizen soldiers came to rely on local, civilian loyalties and strong links with home to bolster their morale, whilst their civilian backgrounds helped them challenge those in command if they felt they were being treated unfairly. The book examines the soldier not only in his military context but in terms of his social and cultural life. It will appeal to anyone wishing to understand how the British soldier thought and behaved during the First World War.
World War, 1914-1918 --- Soldiers --- Première guerre mondiale --- Soldats --- Personal narratives, British. --- Social aspects. --- Social life and customs --- Récits personnels britanniques --- Aspect social --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Great Britain. --- Armed Forces personnel --- Members of the Armed Forces --- Military personnel --- Military service members --- Service members --- Servicemen, Military --- Armed Forces --- European War, 1914-1918 --- First World War, 1914-1918 --- Great War, 1914-1918 --- World War 1, 1914-1918 --- World War I, 1914-1918 --- World War One, 1914-1918 --- WW I (World War, 1914-1918) --- WWI (World War, 1914-1918) --- History, Modern --- Social life and customs. --- Angliǐskai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ --- Tsava ha-Briṭi --- British Army --- בריטניה. --- צבא הבריטי --- England and Wales. --- Military life. --- Arts and Humanities --- History
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