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Britain's Great War experience : life at home and abroad 1914-1918 / / Peter Liddle



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Autore: Liddle Peter Visualizza persona
Titolo: Britain's Great War experience : life at home and abroad 1914-1918 / / Peter Liddle Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Barnsley, South Yorkshire : , : Pen & Sword Military, , [2014]
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
Disciplina: 940.341
Soggetto topico: World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; EARLY DAYS; Eve and Outbreak; The Call to Arms; The British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium; The Response of Empire; WIDER HORIZONS; The War in the Air; The Dardanelles and Gallipoli; The Maritime Challenge; Soldiering in Distant Parts; THE HOME FRONT; Women and Children in Wartime; The Industrial Scene; Food Production, Economy and Rationing; Fund-Raising, Voluntary Endeavour and 'Life Continues'; Dissent; THE TEST WITHSTOOD; Civilian Internment; Serviceman Captivity; Western Front - The Somme to the End
The Armistice and BeyondIndex
Sommario/riassunto: Expertly written and beautifully presented, this book of outstanding photographs, documents and art work captures the spirit of the British people as they faced and successfully came through the prolonged challenge of the First World War. Using previously unpublished material from the Liddle Collection in the University Library at Leeds and supporting this with photographs from private and public collections from many parts of the British Isles, Britons Experience the Great War brings the experience of soldiers, sailors and airmen graphically close. It is, however, not just the fighting front
Titolo autorizzato: Britain's Great War experience  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4738-3832-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910788401203321
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