The First World War

Photographic history of the French air force in the First World War

2018 marked the centenary not only of the Armistice but also of women gaining the vote. A Lab of One's Own commemorates both anniversaries by explo...

Looking at the First World War month by month reveals its complexity while preserving a sense of time. The month is a more digestible gauge. Based ...

The first full-length, comparative study of the experience and memory of British and Dominion soldiers who fought in the First World War's 'sidesho...

A unique and illuminating collection of witness testimony to the horror, and humour, of the Great War, by veterans mainly from the north-east of Sc...

Full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the te...

The first and only book that covers the whole range of British ex-servicemen's experiences in the interwar period in a single volume

Practical topic books for key periods in 20th Century History

A concise introduction to one of the major historical controversies, brought right up-to-date for this 3rd edition.

DescriptionWhy did the Germans brutally and illegally execute a group of British soldiers who had been trapped behind the lines during the retreat ...

Reducere. The authoritative, dramatic, and previously untold story of the bloodiest battle in American historyOn September 26, 1918, more than one million Am...

DescriptionThe First World War is often credited as being the event that gave Canada its own identity, distinct from that of Britain, France, and t...

DescriptionIf you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of World War 1, then keep reading... Three captivating manuscripts in o...

Reducere. DescriptionBorn in Scotland, Sampson J. Goodfellow emigrated to Toronto as a child. Like many young Canadian men, he returned to Europe to serve hi...

Contributor(s): Author: VariousEditor: Barbara KorteEditor: Ann-Marie EinhausAn anthology of Great War short stories by British writers, both famou...

The true story of Allied nursing in the First World War, offering a compelling account of nurses' wartime experiences and a clear appraisal of thei...

This book, based on comprehensive archival research in official and private papers, offers a new history of the infamous British disaster at Gallip...

Description"For those on the home front, World War I was experienced primarily through words--yet people still wanted to see what the war was like....

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Christina CroftAlmost a century after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Kaiser Wilhelm II is still viewed as either ...

Unrivaled in its range and intensity, the poetry of World War I continues to have a powerful effect on readers. This newly edited anthology reflect...

A moving anthology of stories from various contributors inspired by objects from the First World War, illustrated by Jim Kay. Authors include: Mich...

One of the first compact cameras, it allowed soldiers to record their experiences of the trenches. Providing information about the technology and t...

Cinema on the Front Line offers the first comprehensive history and analysis of how British soldiers engaged with and were engaged by the medium of...

Reducere. Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions...

The First World War, now a century ago, still shapes the world in which we live, and its legacy lives on, in poetry, in prose, in collective memory...

Published in association with the Imperial War Museum, this is an illustrated, informative guide to WWI, which combines picture research and a comp...

The legacy of the First World War in England is examined through the architectural and archaeological vestiges of it across airfields, coastal fort...

Reducere. The Conficker worm infected its first computer in November 2008 and within a month had infiltrated 1.5 million computers in 195 countries. Banks, t...

The story of the First World War in Africa, an almost forgotten conflict that devastated an area five times the size of Germany and killed more tha...

This book tells the largely untold story of WWI's Volunteer Training Corps, the forgotten equivalent of World War II's Home Guard. Self-financing a...

Reducere. The Great War of 1914-1918 confronted the United States with one of the most wrenching crises in the nation's history. It also left a residue of di...

Provides a concise set of twelve essays looking at various aspects of the British left, movements of protest and the cumulative impact of the First...

Reducere. An intimate narrative history of World War I told through the stories of twenty men and women from around the globe--a powerful, illuminating, hear...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of The Battle of the Somme, then keep reading...The First World War was made up of many different b...

James Joll's study is not simply another narrative, retracing the powder trail that was finally ignited at Sarajevo. It is an ambitious and wide-ra...

Nations, Identities and the First World War examines the changing perceptions and attitudes about the nation and the fatherland by different social...

From the fall of the Ottoman Empire through the Arab Spring, this completely revised and updated edition of Mehran Kamrava's classic treatise on th...

The definitive account of the Great War and a national bestseller from eminent military historian John Keegan2018 marks the centenary of the First ...

DescriptionThis book examines the role of the Irish medical profession in the First World War. It assesses the extent of its involvement in the con...

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Reducere. A collection of poetry from the First World War, published in association with Imperial War Museums to mark the centenary of the start of the World...