10 QUOTES WITH «FIRST WORLD WAR»
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First World War.
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 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.
At the age of nine, I could cross the length of Glasgow on a succession of buses, wearing regulation garter-topped stockings and compulsory cap and - if I'd done well enough to earn the honour in last week's test - with a First World War medal on a striped ribbon pinned to my brown blazer. I must have looked like a chocolate soldier.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIRST WORLD WAR»
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First World War 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.
The First World War created the modern world.
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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
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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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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.
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The Origins of the
First World War
Revised by Gordon Martel, this new 3rd edition accommodates recent research and an expanded further reading section.
James Joll, Gordon Martel, 2007
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The Russian Origins of the First World War
In a major reinterpretation, Sean McMeekin rejects the standard notion of the war’s beginning as either a Germano-Austrian pre-emptive strike or a miscalculation.
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Germany After the
First World War
A social history of Germany in the years following the First World War, Germany After the First World War explores Germany's defeat and the subsequent demobilization of its armies, events which had devastating social and psychological ...
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First World War Photographers
First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry
Presents a collection of poetry from the First World War.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FIRST WORLD WAR»
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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»
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»
'Testament of Youth' review: World War I memoir becomes tepid misfire
When "Testament of Youth" was first published, it gave fresh voice to the realization that the First World War was a waste, but in 2015 it's not ... «OregonLive.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 ... during the first World War when he ministered to the troops at the Somme, Messines Ridge, Passchendaele, ... «Irish Times, 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»
Solving mystery of Newmarket High and First World War heroes
It is the mission of the FWWCC to commemorate Newmarket's First World War veterans and their sacrifice; to educate and engage residents of ... «YorkRegion.com, Jul 15»
Durham Cathedral hosts Belgium First World War casualty book
Families in the North East are being invited to contribute to a book which lists more than 174,000 victims of the First World War who lost their ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
Schoolchildren stitch together First World War display
WE WILL remember them – that was the message from a group of schoolchildren who have created a lasting tribute to the fallen heroes of the ... «Basingstoke Gazette, Jul 15»
Tour to remember World War I dead
... fifth stage of the Tour de France from Arras to Amiens on Wednesday as respects will be paid to soldiers who died during the First World War. «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»
