Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age
ISBN: 9780395937587 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A rare and remarkable cultural history of World War I that unearths the roots of modernism Dazzling in its originality, Rites of Spring probes the origins, impact, and aftermath of World War I, from the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring in 1913 to the death of Hitler in 1945. Recognizing that The Great War was the psychological turning point . . . for modernism as a whole, author Modris Eksteins examines the lives of ordinary people, works of modern literature, and pivotal historical events to redefine the way we look at our past and... A rare and remarkable cultural history of World War I that unearths the roots of modernism Dazzling in its originality, Rite... |
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First World War Photographers
ISBN: 9780415010092 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines the work of the official, press and amateur photographers of World War I, reproducing over 100 photographs from the archives of the Imperial War Museum and making us aware of the operations of propaganda and journalism during the period.
Examines the work of the official, press and amateur photographers of World War I, reproducing over 100 photographs from the archives of the Imperial ...
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How the War Was Won : Command and Technology in the British Army on the Western Front: 1917-1918
ISBN: 9780415076289 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This (sometimes controversial) book explains what part the British Expeditionary Force played in bringing World War I to an end. Tim Travers shows in detail how an Allied victory was achieved. He focuses on the British Army on the Western Front in relation to the themes of command and technology, drawing on a wide range of sources from archives in three countries. The book provides new arguments about the origins of mechanical warfare, the role of Douglas Haig, and the near-collapse of the German army by July 1918. Tim Travers argues that, despite poor leadership, the British army ultimately...
This (sometimes controversial) book explains what part the British Expeditionary Force played in bringing World War I to an end. Tim Travers shows in ...
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652,27 zł |
The Great War, 1914-1918
ISBN: 9780415117135 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work recounts the history of the period through an international collection of over 100 cartoons. This pan-European approach offers new perspectives of key themes, events and figures, forcing a reinterpretation of the familiar. Both establishment and subversive cartoons demonstrate the real concerns of all participants from the governments of the combatative powers to the soldier and those at home. This collection is intended to inform in a fresh way the continued historical debates surrounding the Great War and the implications which reach to the present day.
This work recounts the history of the period through an international collection of over 100 cartoons. This pan-European approach offers new perspecti...
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677,36 zł |
God and the British Soldier : Religion and the British Army in the First and Second World Wars
ISBN: 9780415196772 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Historians of the First and Second World Wars have consistently underestimated the importance of religion in Britain during the war years. Through a study of the experience of the officers and men of Britain's vast citizen armies, and also of the numerous religious agencies which ministered to them, this book shows that religion had much greater currency and influence in twentieth-century British society than has previously been realized.
Drawing on a wealth of new material from military, ecclesiastical and secular civilian archives, Snape argues that religion provided a key component of... Historians of the First and Second World Wars have consistently underestimated the importance of religion in Britain during the war years. Through a s...
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677,36 zł |
The Great War: An Imperial History
ISBN: 9780415204392 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Great War is a landmark history that firmly places the First World War in the context of imperialism. Set to overturn conventional accounts of what happened during this, the first truly international conflict, it extends the study of the First World War beyond the confines of Europe and the Western Front. By recounting the experiences of people from the colonies especially those brought into the war effort either as volunteers or through conscription, John Morrow's magisterial work also unveils the impact of the war in Asia, India and Africa. From the origins of... The Great War is a landmark history that firmly places the First World War in the context of imperialism. Set to overturn conventional acc... |
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652,27 zł |
The Great War: An Imperial History
ISBN: 9780415204408 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Great War is a landmark history that firmly places the First World War in the context of imperialism. Set to overturn conventional accounts of what happened during this, the first truly international conflict, it extends the study of the First World War beyond the confines of Europe and the Western Front. By recounting the experiences of people from the colonies especially those brought into the war effort either as volunteers or through conscription, John Morrow's magisterial work also unveils the impact of the war in Asia, India and Africa. From the origins of... The Great War is a landmark history that firmly places the First World War in the context of imperialism. Set to overturn conventional acc... |
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145,46 zł |
The First World War
ISBN: 9780415222761 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume examines the outbreak, events themselves and aftermath of the Great War, and the political, social and economic effects on the European countries involved. Themes explored include: recruitment and propaganda; women's involvement in the war; protest and pacifism; and the links between the war and the revolutions in Russia and Germany.
This volume examines the outbreak, events themselves and aftermath of the Great War, and the political, social and economic effects on the European co...
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175,56 zł |
The Origins of the First World War
ISBN: 9780415262057 / Angielski / Twarda / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Origins of the First World War is a concise introduction to one of the major historical controversies. This pamphlet: surveys the roots of the conflict; assesses the legacy of Bismarck's diplomacy; outlines the assassination crisis; focuses on influences affecting individual countries; and examines the historical debate. This edition includes a new introduction, a chronology of the key events and an update on the historical debate explaining the directions in which the historiography is heading.
The Origins of the First World War is a concise introduction to one of the major historical controversies. This pamphlet: surveys the roots of the con...
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652,27 zł |
God and the British Soldier : Religion and the British Army in the First and Second World Wars
ISBN: 9780415334525 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on material from military, ecclesiastical and secular civilian archives, Michael Snape argues that religion provided a key component of military morale and national identity in the two world wars and demonstrates that Britain's popular religious culture emerged intact as a result of the army's war experiences.
Drawing on material from military, ecclesiastical and secular civilian archives, Michael Snape argues that religion provided a key component of milita...
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190,62 zł |
The British Working Class and Enthusiasm for War, 1914-1916
ISBN: 9780415350051 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Millions of men volunteered to leave home, hearth and family to go to a foreign land to fight in 1914, the start of the biggest war in British history. It was a war fought by soldier-citizens, millions strong, most of whom had volunteered willingly to go. They made up the army that first held, and then, in 1918, thrust back the German Army to win the Great War.
The British 'Tommy' has been lionized in the decades since the war, but little attention has been made in the literature to what motivated the ordinary British man to go to France, especially in the early years when Britain relied... Millions of men volunteered to leave home, hearth and family to go to a foreign land to fight in 1914, the start of the biggest war in British history...
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727,52 zł |
British Generalship on the Western Front 1914-1918: Defeat Into Victory
ISBN: 9780415350068 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the British Army's response on the Western Front to a period of seminal change in warfare. In particular it examines the impact of the pre-war emphasis on worldwide garrison, occupation and policing duties for the Empire's defence of the mindset of the Army's leadership and its lack of preparation for a continental war involving a massive, unplanned increase in men and material.
The reasons for the poor performance in the early years of the war, notably professionalism within the British Army, including poor staff work, 'trade unionism', careerism within the high... This book explores the British Army's response on the Western Front to a period of seminal change in warfare. In particular it examines the impact of ...
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The German 1918 Offensives: A Case Study in the Operational Level of War
ISBN: 9780415356008 / Angielski / Twarda / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first study of the Ludendorff Offensives of 1918 based extensively on key German records presumed to be lost forever after Potsdam was bombed in 1944. In 1997, David T. Zabecki discovered translated copies of these files in a collection of old instructional material at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He presents his findings here for the first time, with a thorough review of the surviving original operational plans and orders, to offer a wealth of fresh insights to the German Offensives of 1918. David T. Zabecki... This is the first study of the Ludendorff Offensives of 1918 based extensively on key German records presumed to be lost forever after Potsdam was ... |
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878,05 zł |
The Redcoat and Religion: The Forgotten History of the British Soldier from the Age of Marlborough to the Eve of the First World War
ISBN: 9780415377157 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This compelling study presents the most comprehensive examination available of the role of religion in the army during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Through extensive analysis of official military sources, religious publications and personal memoirs, Michael Snape challenges the widely-held assumption that religion did not play a role in the British Army until the mid-Victorian period, and demonstrates that the British soldier was highly susceptible to religious influences long before the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny rendered the subject of wider public concern. ...This compelling study presents the most comprehensive examination available of the role of religion in the army during the eighteenth and nineteent... |
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677,36 zł |
British Generalship on the Western Front 1914-1918: Defeat Into Victory
ISBN: 9780415407786 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the British Army's response on the Western Front to a period of seminal change in warfare. In particular it examines the impact of the pre-war emphasis on worldwide garrison, occupation and policing duties for the Empire's defence of the mindset of the Army's leadership and its lack of preparation for a continental war involving a massive, unplanned increase in men and material. The reasons for the poor performance in the early years of the war, notably professionalism within the British Army, including poor staff work, 'trade unionism', careerism within the high... This book explores the British Army's response on the Western Front to a period of seminal change in warfare. In particular it examines the impact ... |
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220,72 zł |
Anti-Submarine Warfare in World War I: British Naval Aviation and the Defeat of the U-Boats
ISBN: 9780415763837 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Investigating the employment of British aircraft against German submarines during the final years of the First World War, this new book places anti-submarine campaigns from the air in the wider history of the First World War. The Royal Naval Air Service invested heavily in aircraft of all types-aeroplanes, seaplanes, airships, and kite balloons-in order to counter the German U-boats. Under the Royal Air Force, the air campaign against U-boats continued uninterrupted. Aircraft bombed German U-boat bases in Flanders, conducted area and 'hunting' patrols around the coasts of Britain,... Investigating the employment of British aircraft against German submarines during the final years of the First World War, this new book places anti... |
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727,52 zł |
Ottoman Army Effectiveness in World War I: A Comparative Study
ISBN: 9780415770996 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume examines how the Ottoman Army was able to evolve and maintain a high level of overall combat effectiveness despite the primitive nature of the Ottoman State during the First World War. Structured around four case studies, at the operational and tactical level, of campaigns involving the Ottoman Empire and the British Empire: Gallipoli in 1915, Kut in 1916, Third Gaza-Beersheba in 1917, and Megiddo in 1918. For each of these campaigns, particular emphasis is placed on examining specific elements of combat effectiveness and how they affected that particular battle. ...This volume examines how the Ottoman Army was able to evolve and maintain a high level of overall combat effectiveness despite the primitive nature... |
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727,52 zł |
The First World War, Vol. 1 : The Eastern Front 1914-1918
ISBN: 9780415968416 / Angielski / Twarda / 95 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first of four volumes that together provide a comprehensive account of World War I, this book unravels the complicated and tragic events of the war's Eastern Front. In particular, this book details the history of conflict between Germany and Russia, which proved disastrous for the Russian forces and would ultimately pave the way for the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917.
The first of four volumes that together provide a comprehensive account of World War I, this book unravels the complicated and tragic events of the wa...
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677,36 zł |
The First World War, Vol. 2: The Western Front 1914-1916
ISBN: 9780415968423 / Angielski / Twarda / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Great War - particularly the great battles such as the Somme and Verdun - continues to fascinate us and casts long shadows over our world today. This re-examines the early years of the war's Western Front, shedding new light on the nature, course, and effects of the fighting in France and Belgium from 1914 to 1916.
The Great War - particularly the great battles such as the Somme and Verdun - continues to fascinate us and casts long shadows over our world today. T...
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652,27 zł |
The First World War, Vol. 3: The Western Front 1917-1918
ISBN: 9780415968430 / Angielski / Twarda / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the second volume devoted to the Western Front of World War I, Simkins describes the last great battles of attrition at Arras, on the Aisne and at Passchendaele in 1917. He relates the offenses launched by Germany during the spring and summer of 1918 in an effort to achieve victory or a favorable peace before American manpower proved decisive.
In the second volume devoted to the Western Front of World War I, Simkins describes the last great battles of attrition at Arras, on the Aisne and at ...
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652,27 zł |