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Autore |
Connelly Mark |
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Steady the buffs! [[electronic resource] ] : a regiment, a region, and the Great War / / Mark Connelly |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-151552-3 |
1-4294-6012-1 |
1-280-75848-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1914-1918 - Regimental histories - Great Britain |
World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Western Front |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-262) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Tables; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; List of Conventions and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Officers and Men; 2. Shock, 1914; 3. Adjusting to the Western Front: January 1915-Spring 1916; 4. Raiding, 1915-1918: Learning on the Job or Unnecessary Attrition?; 5. Learning: The Buffs on the Somme; 6. Applying: 1917; 7. Defending: January-April 1918; 8. Winning: July-November 1918; 9. Remembering; Conclusion; Appendices; 1a: Places of birth, residence, and enlistment, 1914; 1b: Places of birth, residence, and enlistment, 1918 |
1c: Buffs soldiers condemned to death, 1914-192a: Buffs raids; 2b: Overall casualties incurred by the Buffs during raids; 3a: Table: Buffs actions, 1914-15; 3b: Table: Buffs on the Somme, 1916; 3c: Table: Buffs actions, 1917; 3d: Table: Buffs in the '100 Days', 1918; Bibliography; Buffs Index; B; C; D; F; K; N; O; P; R; W; General Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; P; R; S; T; W |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A reinvention of the traditional regimental history examining the role of a famous Kentish regiment, the Buffs, in the Great War. The book examines the backgrounds and attitudes of officers, men, and their families to the war and looks at its impact on the military and civil |
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community. - ;This book fully revises standard regimental history by establishing the framework and background to the regiment's role in the Great War. It tests the current theories about the British army in the war and some of the conclusions of modern military historians. In recent years a fascinating reassessment of the |
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