10 QUOTES WITH «FIRST WORLD»
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First World.
The First World War, and especially the latest one, largely swept away what was left in Europe of feudalism and of feudal landlords, especially in Poland, Hungary, and the South East generally.
Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
School-leavers unfortunately will come away thinking the First World War consisted simply of 'going over the top' on the Western Front to slaughter in no-man's-land, when the conflict extended so much further, to the collapse of four empires and numerous civil wars.
The country is too often assumed to be a backward place: The First World has trouble remembering that Haitians were two centuries ahead of us in abolishing slavery and in extending full rights of citizenship to everyone, regardless of race.
The reality is that most of North America knows next to nothing of the 20th century's first genocide - the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians in the First World War.
My entire life has really revolved around music that was written about the time that I was born, 1908, to just before the First World War and shortly after it. This music I've always known, and it is that music that's most important to me.
As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those who were not fortunate enough to succeed, but who shared the signal honor of trying to the last to salvage peace.
The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power.
I do believe that the genre reached its peak before the First World War.
We are constantly trying to cope with what our fathers or our grandfathers did. I wrote the book 'Great War of Civilization,' and my father was a solider in the First World War which produced the current Middle East - not that he had much to do with that - but he fought in what he believed was the Great War for Civilization.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIRST WORLD»
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First World in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Over Here: The
First World War and American Society
Considers the implications of America's involvement in World War I for intellectuals, minorities, politicians, and economists.
2
The
First World War: The War to end all Wars (video enhanced ...
This book, with a foreword by Professor Hew Strachan, covers the fighting on all fronts, from Flanders to Tannenberg and from Italy to Palestine.
Geoffrey Jukes, Peter Simkins, Michael Hickey, 2013
3
Race, Empire and
First World War Writing
Drawing upon fresh archival material this book recovers the experience of different ethnic groups during the First World War conflict.
4
Women and the
First World War
In this introduction to the experiences and contributions of women during the war, Susan Grayzel explores women's relationship to the war in every belligerent state, and looks at the wide-ranging effects of the war on women in Africa, Asia, ...
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First World, Ha, Ha, Ha!: The Zapatista Challenge
In this collection, writers from Mexico and the United States provide the background and context for the Zapatista movement, and explore its impact, in Mexico and beyond.
Elaine Katzenberger, 1995
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The European Powers in the
First World War: An Encyclopedia
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Spencer Tucker, Laura Matysek Wood, Justin D. Murphy, 1999
The First World War created the modern world.
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The Origins of the
First World War
In this new edition Gordon Martel has seamlessly weaved into the original text the enormous amount of new research on the subject that has been conducted by historians over the past twenty years.
James Joll, Gordon Martel, 2013
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The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the
First World War
The volume comprises original essays by distinguished scholars of international reputation, who examine the impact of the war on various national literatures, principally Great Britain, Germany, France and the United States, before ...
10
British Propaganda and the State in the
First World War
In 1914, advertising was much less sophisticated that it is today, radio was in its infancy, television was undeveloped, telephones were just coming into use, the gargantuan party rallies of Hitler or Mussolini were still in the future, and ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FIRST WORLD»
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Reality dawns as Cheika prepares to show first World Cup hand
Reality dawns as Cheika prepares to show first World Cup hand. Date: July 11, 2015 - 6:53PM. 34 reading now; (29); Be the first to comment; Read later ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson review – how the first world war …
Alexander Watson's remarkable history of the first world war makes clear as never before how this unparalleled conflict impacted on and ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Murphy hungry for first World Cup taste
Jordi Murphy is growing accustomed to the rigorous demands of Ireland camp but come two months, if as expected, he is included in Joe ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
The US soccer team's road to the Women's World Cup title: A game …
Awakening from a sluggish start, the U.S. women's soccer team began pursuit of its first World Cup title in 16 years, getting two goals and an ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
Family Guy: The 'First World problem' of competitive picnicking
IT'S been some years since my wife and I last participated in what we call 'competitive picnicking' and we're a little out of practice. Inspiring ... «Herald, Jul 15»
Words, music combine to tell First World War tale at Midland Cultural …
MIDLAND – David Mcfarlane's acclaimed non-fiction book “The Danger Tree” will be paired with the music of Juno Award nominee Douglas ... «Simcoe.com, Jul 15»
Stenhousemuir pupils will learn about First World War through football
Stenhousemuir Football Club will help local primary pupils “shoot back in time” as part of a new historical project on the First World War. «Falkirk Herald, Jul 15»
What's On Monday: Father Browne's First World War, RTÉ …
Father Browne's First World War ... exhibition drawn from the photographs he took during the first World War when he ministered to the troops at ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
Philadelphia could become country's first World Heritage City
Philadelphia could become the first city in the United States to be named a World Heritage City, the Philadelphia Business Journal reports. «PhillyVoice.com, Jul 15»
The Black Watch's fallen fondly remembered at First World War …
The Black Watch Association (BWA) has led a poignant pilgrimage to the battlefields of the First World War where thousands of men from ... «The Courier, Jul 15»
