Listing 1 - 10 of 25 | << page >> |
Sort by
|
Choose an application
Nearly fourteen million people died during the First World War. But why, and for what reason? Already many contemporaries saw the Great War as a "pointless carnage" (Pope Benedict XV, 1917). Was there a point, at least in the eyes of the political and military decision makers? How did they justify the losses, and why did they not try to end the war earlier? In this volume twelve international specialists analyses and compares the hopes and expectations of the political and military leaders of the main belligerent countries and of their respective societies. It shows that the war aims adopted during the First World War were not, for the most part, the cause of the conflict, but a reaction to it, an attempt to give the tragedy a purpose - even if the consequence was to oblige the belligerents to go on fighting until victory. The volume tries to explain why - and for what - the contemporaries thought that they had to fight the Great War.
World War, 1914-1918 --- Causes. --- Political aspects. --- Social aspects. --- 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 --- World War (1914-1918) --- 1914 - 1918 --- World War I Period --- World War 1 --- History
Choose an application
Alabama -- History -- 1819-1950. --- World War, 1914-1918 -- Alabama. --- World War, 1914-1918 --- History & Archaeology --- History - General --- 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
Choose an application
World War, 1914-1918 --- Pacifism --- Peace --- Sociology, Military --- Evil, Non-resistance to --- Nonviolence --- 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 --- History.
Choose an application
Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916. --- World War, 1914-1918 --- Regimental histories --- South Africa. --- History. --- 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 --- Somme, Battle of the, 1916 --- Campaigns
Choose an application
"The Mesopotamian campaign during World War I was a critical moment in Britain's position in the Middle East. With British and British Indian troops fighting in places which have become well-known in the wake of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, such as Basra, the campaign led to the establishment of the British Mandate in Iraq in 1921. Nadia Atia believes that in order to fully understand Britain's policies in creating the nascent state of Iraq, we must first look at how the war shaped Britons' conceptions of the region. Atia does this through a cultural and military history of the changing British perceptions of Mesopotamia since the period before World War I when it was under Ottoman rule. Drawing on a wide variety of historical and literary sources, including the writing of key figures such as Gertrude Bell, Mark Sykes and Arnold Wilson, but focusing mainly on the views and experiences of ordinary men and women whose stories and experiences of the war have less frequently been told, Atia examines the cultural and social legacy of World War I in the Middle East and how this affected British attempts to exert influence in the region."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
World War, 1914-1918 --- 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000. --- Campaigns. --- 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 --- Battles, sieges, etc. --- Military operations
Choose an application
Fotograaf Nick Mol en geschiedenisliefhebber/amateurhistoricus Philippe Delameilleure hebben één grote gemeenschappelijke passie: de Grote Oorlog. Nick vond als kind Duitse en Engelse kogelhulzen op enkele meters van elkaar, Philippe hoorde vaak het verhaal van zijn vermiste en gesneuvelde overgrootvader. Die passie mondde uit in een uniek project: Fotoshoot WO1oo.Nick reisde de westelijke frontlinie af, op zoek naar echte oorlogslandschappen. Van Nieuwpoort naar Pfetterhouse (Frankrijk), tot Italië: stuk voor stuk beladen locaties, vaak bezaaid met sporen die aan de oorlog herinneren, zoals oorlogstuig, schuilplaatsen en kraters, maar evenzeer begraafplaatsen, herdenkingstekens en -monumenten. Dit boek bundelt de meest spraakmakende foto's, met achter elke foto een uniek verhaal, vakkundig opgetekend door Delameilleure. Een verrassend en ontroerend beeld van hoe die Grote Oorlog ook vandaag zichtbaar blijft.
History of Europe --- Regional documentation --- anno 1910-1919 --- C3 --- Wereldoorlog I --- fotoboek --- Kunst en cultuur --- World War, 1914-1918 --- Monuments --- Pictorial works --- 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 --- World War (1914-1918)
Choose an application
World War, 1914-1918 --- Campaigns --- Participation, Australian. --- Australia. --- 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 --- Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921) --- First Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921) --- 1st Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921) --- 1st AIF --- AIF --- Great Britain.
Choose an application
Während des Ersten Weltkriegs waren Polen mehrheitlich nicht für ihr eigenes Land in den Krieg gezogen, sondern für die Teilungsmächte Deutschland, Russland und Österreich-Ungarn, aber auch auf Seiten der Entente. Nach 1918 mussten die polnischen Veteranen daher für die staatliche Anerkennung ihrer Kriegsteilnahme in Erinnerungskultur und Sozialpolitik kämpfen. Sie nutzten dafür Kontakte und Wissen, die sie durch ihre Mitarbeit in internationalen Veteranenverbände (FIDAC, CIAMAC) gewannen. Sie kämpften für eine angemessene soziale Versorgung, aber auch gegen einen neuen Krieg - zumeist im Zwiespalt zwischen materiellen Interessen, staatlicher Selbstbehauptung und internationaler Verständigung. Julia Eichenberg zeigt unter Berücksichtigung der internationalen Einflüsse, wie sich Veteranenbewegung und der junge polnische Staat wechselseitig konsolidierten und entwirft so eine europäische Geschichte Polens in der Zwischenkriegszeit.
World War, 1914-1918 --- Collective memory --- Collective remembrance --- Common memory --- Cultural memory --- Emblematic memory --- Historical memory --- National memory --- Public memory --- Social memory --- Memory --- Social psychology --- Group identity --- National characteristics --- 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 --- Veterans --- History
Choose an application
From July to September 1916, some 23,000 Australians were killed or wounded in the Battle of Pozières. It was the first strategically important engagement by Australian soldiers on the Western Front and its casualties exceeded those of any other battle of the First World War, including Gallipoli. In this important book, Christopher Wray explores the influence of Pozières on Australian society and history, and how it is remembered today. In the opening chapters he revisits the battle and considers its aftermath, including shell shock and the psychological effects experienced by surviving soldiers. The concluding chapters examine the way in which the battle has been commemorated in literature and art, and the extent to which it has been overlooked in contemporary remembrance of the war. Generously illustrated with photographs, maps and paintings, Pozières: Echoes of a Distant Battle is essential reading for anyone interested in the First World War and Australia's post-war society.
World War, 1914-1918 --- 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 --- Participation, Australian. --- Campaigns --- Great Britain. --- Australian and New Zealand Army Corps --- A.N.Z.A.C. (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) --- ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) --- New Zealand. --- Australia. --- History.
Choose an application
Charles Repington was Britain's most influential military correspondent during the first two decades of the twentieth century. From 1914 to 1918, Repington's commentary in The Times, 'The War Day by Day', was read and discussed by opinion-shapers and decision-makers worldwide who sought to better understand the momentous events happening around them, and his subsequently published diaries offered a compelling portrait of England's governing class at war. This is the first major study of Repington's life and career from the Boer War to the end of the Great War. A. J. A. Morris presents unique insights into the conduct of the First World War and into leading figures in the British high command: French, Haig, Robertson, Wilson. The book offers modern readers a rewardingly fresh understanding of the conflict, and will appeal to scholars of the First World War and British political and military history of the period.
War correspondents --- World War, 1914-1918 --- 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 --- Correspondents, War --- Journalists --- Reporters and reporting --- Repington, Charles à Court, --- À Court Repington, Charles, --- Times (London, England) --- Times, London --- London Times (England) --- History. --- Great Britain --- History, Military
Listing 1 - 10 of 25 | << page >> |
Sort by
|