World War I 94

Excerpt: "11th July, 1915. Worked in my office from early morning till 12.45. The whole scheme for to-morrow's attack is cut and dried, according to our cloth: time tables fixed and every round coun……続きを見る

Preface Two influences have urged me to make a study of the subject of the prisoners of war in Britain. First: the hope that I might be able to vindicate our country against the charge so insistentl……続きを見る

For a century the war dead have been honoured with Red Poppies on Remembrance Day. The Poppy is part of a cult of death that celebrates the slaughter of the 'Great War' of 1914-18. The Poppy and the……続きを見る

A century ago we got it wrong. We sent thousands of young Australians on a military operation that was barely more than a disaster. It’s right that a hundred years later we should feel strongly abou……続きを見る

I BRITANNICI NELLA BATTAGLIA DEL 15 GIUGNO 1918 SULL’ALTOPIANO DI ASIAGO Durante la Grande Guerra sul fronte italiano, i due avversari, Italia ed Austria-Ungheria, si avvalsero spesso del supporto d……続きを見る

A voi, miei commilitoni del fortissimo undicesimo bersaglieri, dedico queste cronache di guerra. Sono mie e vostre. C’è in queste pagine che ho scritto spesso alla vostra presenza, la mia e la vostr……続きを見る

Monash in his own words . . . Long before this letter can possibly reach you, great events which will stir the whole world and go down in history will have happened, to the eternal glory of Australi……続きを見る

Am Vorabend des Ersten Weltkrieges verbreitet ein mysteriöses Untier Angst und Schrecken. Eine gefährliche Jagd beginnt. Die wahre Geschichte einer Zeitungssensation. Vor etwas mehr als 100 Jahren, ……続きを見る

Ion Idriess was a spotter for the famous Australian sniper, Billy Sing, and this book draws on his own experiences in the Gallipoli trenches during World War One. Sing had a reputation as an excelle……続きを見る

During the First World War, Henri Bourassa – fierce Canadian nationalist, politician, and journalist from Quebec – took centre stage in the national debates on Canada’s participation in the war, its……続きを見る

“Over There” is a 1915 account of life on the 'Western Front' during the First World War by English writer Arnold Bennett. The Western Front was the central area of battle during the war. It was def……続きを見る

“1920 - Dips Into The Near Future” is a 1917 work by English economist John Atkinson Hobson. It contains a number of satirical writings that predict what life and the world will be life in 1920, jus……続きを見る

First published in 1926, "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T. E. Lawrence is the story of the Arab Revolt against the Turkish Empire and Lawrence's role in it. Lawrence, educated at Oxford, begins by wor……続きを見る

This book explores the war writings of Patrick MacGill, James Hanley, and Liam O’Flaherty, working class, Roman Catholic Irishmen, all of whom fought in the First World War as privates and who, coll……続きを見る

In 1918, a miner on the run from the military wrote a letter to his sweetheart. Two months later he was in jail. Like millions of others, his letter had been steamed open by a team of censors shroud……続きを見る

Thomas Dinesen (Tommy) indgår som 14-årig en pagt med sin syv år ældre søster: De skal finde ’Faders Gud, det store i livet’. Faderen er Wilhelm Dinesen, død ved selvmord i 1895, søsteren er Karen B……続きを見る

Over 5000 sønderjyder faldt i Første Verdenskrig indkaldt som værnepligtige til den tyske hærs kamp ”für Kaiser und Reich”. For de fleste danskere nord for Kongeåen er disse unge mænds død en fjern ……続きを見る

In the First World War of 1914-1918, thousands of boys across Australia and New Zealand lied about their age, forged a parent's signature and left to fight on the other side of the world. Though som……続きを見る

LA DÉCLARATION DE GUERRE Je ne pensais pas à la guerre ; mais jamais l’idée de l’Allemagne triomphante ne m’avait tant obsédé que depuis quelques mois. J’étais revenu au Japon à quinze ans de distan……続きを見る

André Bellessort (1866-1942) grand voyageur, écrivain-ethnologue, visite le Japon en 1895, puis à l’aube de la déclaration de guerre en 1914 et décrit ses rencontres et les changements d’attitudes d……続きを見る

Les Conséquences politiques de la paix est un ouvrage écrit en 1920 par Jacques Bainville, dans lequel est dénoncé le traité de Versailles de 1919 en ces termes célèbres: «Une paix trop douce pour c……続きを見る

Quand il était au collège, Jacques Bainville n’aimait pas l’histoire. Que discerner dans ce tissu de drames sans suite, cette mêlée, ce chaos ? Lui voulait savoir « pourquoi les peuples faisaient de……続きを見る

"La guerra injusta; cartas de un español" de Armando Palacio Valdés de la Editorial Good Press. Good Press publica una gran variedad de títulos que abarca todos los géneros. Van desde los títulos cl……続きを見る

The Great War challenged all who were touched by it. Italian immigrants, torn between their country of origin and country of relocation, confronted political allegiances that forced them to consider……続きを見る

“L’uomo che racchiude in sé l’audacità della vita. 1915” è la frase scritta sul retro della foto di copertina. Partendo da questa foto l’autore ricostruisce, sulla traccia del foglio matricolare del……続きを見る

Edith Wharton, known primarily for her novels of American high society, was also a war writer. She was one of the first woman writers to be allowed to visit the war zones in France in 1915 and repor……続きを見る

Un regard original qui renouvelle notre regard sur l'Europe, montre la part d'imprévus dans l'Histoire, loin des idées reçues serinées par le panurgisme littéraire. La Première Guerre mondiale était……続きを見る

An incisive biography of E. E. Cummings’s early life, including his World War I ambulance service and subsequent imprisonment, inspirations for his inventive poetry. E. E. Cummings is one of our mos……続きを見る

A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor -- or indeed, anyone compelled to stay at home. **'**The grand object o……続きを見る

Teitl yn y gyfres o gyfrolau byr a chyflym Stori Sydyn. Dyma hanes rhai o'r Cymry yn ystod y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf gan ddilyn hynt y rhyfel yn gronolegol. 続きを見る