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A short, brilliant account of the birth of the RAF for the centenary of its founding The dizzying pace of technological change in the early 20th century meant that it took only a little over ten yea……続きを見る

Kurt Arams Buch 'Nach Sibirien mit hunderttausend Deutschen' ist ein faszinierendes Werk, das die Reise von hunderttausend deutschen Soldaten während des Zweiten Weltkriegs nach Sibirien beleuchtet.……続きを見る

In 'Kriegsgefangen - Erlebtes 1870 & Reisebriefe vom Kriegsschauplatz' präsentiert Theodor Fontane eine Sammlung von Berichten über seine Erlebnisse als Kriegskorrespondent während des deutsch-franz……続きを見る

A first-hand account of World War I. John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and politician, who served as governor general of Canada. His best-known fiction is The Thirty-Nine S……続きを見る

Craig F. Morris explores the beginnings of American strategic bombing theory, why it changed over time, the factors that shaped that change, and how technology molded military doctrine. This much-ne……続きを見る

This study examines the force of tradition in conservative German visual culture, exploring thematic continuities in the post-conflict representation of battlefield identities from the Franco-Prussi……続きを見る

Le premier livre sur la place de l'islam durant la Première Guerre mondiale, durant laquelle 600 000 soldats musulmans servirent la France. Entre 1914 et 1918, l'Allemagne de Guillaume II cherche pa……続きを見る

A great wave of fundraising ‘patriotic’ associations followed in the wake of Great Britain’s declaration of war on Germany on 4 August 1914, at home but also right across the empire. The most succes……続きを見る

The story of the making of Adolf Hitler that we are all familiar with is the one Hitler himself wove in his 1924 trial, and then expanded upon in Mein Kampf. It tells of his rapid emergence as Natio……続きを見る

World War I was a global cataclysm that toppled centuries-old dynasties and launched "the American century." Yet at the outset few Americans saw any reason to get involved in yet another conflict am……続きを見る

When Raymond Lodge perished when fighting in France in 1915, his father, Sir Oliver Lodge, set out on a controversial quest to discover the truth about life after death. A renowned physicist and mem……続きを見る

Those with any interest in the First World War will have have heard of the planes most associated with that conflict - the legendary Sopwith Camel and Royal Aircraft Factory’s S.E.5a, which are ofte……続きを見る

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Daniel Reid was killed on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele. His body was never recovered; however, there is nothing singular about that. What is remarkable i……続きを見る

The Hull Zeppelin Raids 1915-1918 is an account of the eight Zeppelin attacks on this major port city on the east coast of England. The new and dreadful experience of aerial bombardment was terrifyi……続きを見る

This is the first time that the history of the German Kampfeinsitzer Kommandos, better known as KEKs and the Fokkerstaffels, have been gathered in a book. The KEKs were the predecessors of the famou……続きを見る

The year 1916 has recently been identified as "a tipping point for the intensification of protests, riots, uprisings and even revolutions." Many of these constituted a challenge to the international……続きを見る

While a plethora of studies have discussed why so many men decided to volunteer for the army during the Great War, the experiences of those who were called up under conscription have received relati……続きを見る

In 'Brutus, auch Du!' präsentiert Richard Voß eine fesselnde Erzählung über die moralischen Konflikte eines Mannes namens Brutus, der vor der ultimativen Entscheidung steht, ob er seinem Gewissen od……続きを見る

Iconic photos from the First World War, newly colourized. See seminal images of Canada’s First World War experience in a new light ー offered in full colour for the first time ー with contributions ……続きを見る

"A chronicle of sad loss." Sydney Morning Herald "eloquent... heartbreaking... a sterling tribute. The stuff of legends." Nick Richardson, Herald Sun FAIR DINKUM (def.): honesty, guts, directness, f……続きを見る

In the aftermath of the First World War, the victorious powers – more or less liberal democracies – argued that democracy would bring peace to Europe because this was the only effective way for legi……続きを見る

Fred Gubbins’s war was overshadowed by the big bloody battles of The Somme, Ypres and Passchendaele. A country boy born in the reign of Queen Victoria, Fred became a farm worker and later a gardener……続きを見る

The 19th Battalion was an infantry unit that fought in many of the deadliest battles of the First World War. Hailing from Hamilton, Toronto, and other communities in southern Ontario and beyond, its……続きを見る

France, 1917. Four wounded Canadian soldiers recover in a field hospital in the wake of the battle for Vimy Ridge, waiting to find out where they’ll be sent next: back home or back to the front. Alo……続きを見る

Still a student at Harvard when World War I broke out, American David Wooster King joined the 135th Regiment of the French Foreign Legion in November 1914 and fought in the 1915 Champagne offensive ……続きを見る

It was in 1934 that Henry Landau, Captain in the British Army's RFA, first published his memoirs as a World War I spy master. All's Fair: The Story of the British Secret Service tells an authentic, ……続きを見る

1930 biography of Prussian World War I General and Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, who went on to become President of the Weimar Republic, written by journalist husband-and-wife team Margaret Gol……続きを見る

"Mr. Lloyd George's War Memoirs constitute a record of unfading historic interest….No one who wishes to be well informed about the Great War should fail to study them."ーRt. Hon. Winston S. Churchil……続きを見る

The Impact of the First World War on U.S. Policymakers: American Strategic and Foreign Policy Formulation, 1938–1942 is designed to recount the formulation of foreign and defense policies through an……続きを見る

The Battle of Le Hamel on 4 July 1918 was an Allied triumph, and strategically very important in the closing stages of WW1. A largely Australian force commanded by the brilliant John Monash, fought ……続きを見る