Turning Point 1917 : The British Empire at War / / ed. by Douglas E. Delaney, Nikolas Gardner

• Pubblicazione: Vancouver, BC : , : University of British Columbia Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (260 p.) : 8 illus., 3 maps, 3 tables
• Disciplina: 940.3/41
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain; Erster Weltkrieg; HISTORY / Military / World War I
• Persona (resp. second.): BeckettIan F.W.; ConnellyMark; CrawfordJohn; DelaneyDouglas E.; DurflingerSerge Marc; GardnerNikolas
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Never Over by Christmas -- The Blockade in 1917 -- The Imperial Munitions Board and Merchant Shipbuilding in Canada -- A Question of Command -- The Egyptian Expeditionary Force in 1917 -- “The Willing Horse Is Being Worked to Death” -- The Africanization of British Imperial Forces in the East African Campaign -- Vimy’s Consequence -- The British Media and the Image of the Empire in 1917 -- A Few Concluding Remarks -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: For the British Empire and its allies of the Great War, 1917 was a year marked by one crisis after another. There was also social and political upheaval on the home front, including labour unrest and opposition to conscription in the dominions. But here and there glimmers of light pierced the gloom. The armies of the empire began to solve the puzzle of trench warfare. The dominions asserted themselves more in the councils of imperial power. And the United States finally entered the war. Turning Point 1917 examines the British imperial war effort during the most pivotal and dynamic twelve months of the Great War. Written by internationally recognized historians, its chapters explore military, diplomatic, and domestic aspects of how the empire prosecuted the war. Their rich, nuanced analysis transcends narrow, national viewpoints of the conflict to view the British Empire as a coalition rather than individual states engaged in their own distinctive struggles. In drawing attention to the developments that made 1917 a turning point, this book provides a unique perspective of the war.
• Titolo autorizzato: Turning Point 1917
• ISBN: 0-7748-3401-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910163924203321
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