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Globalizing The History Of The World Wars

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 Positioned at the crossroads of global and military history, this is a major contribution to the cultural and social history of war and its aftermath. Cabanes and Givens bring together leading experts to offer an interlaced history which rethinks the familiar geographical and chronological boundaries of the two world wars.
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Globalizing The History Of The World Wars

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 Positioned at the crossroads of global and military history, this is a major contribution to the cultural and social history of war and its aftermath. Cabanes and Givens bring together leading experts to offer an interlaced history which rethinks the familiar geographical and chronological boundaries of the two world wars.
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Streetscapes Of War And Revolution - Prague, 1914â€“1920

by Claire (University Of Manchester) Morelon

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 How did it feel to experience the Habsburg Empire's fall into war and revolution? Morelon reconstructs the sights, sounds and material culture of a city in turmoil. From imperial city to nation-state capital, she traces Prague's emerging place within the post-Versailles world order, and what this meant for its citizens.
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Return To Vietnam - An Oral History Of American And Australian Veterans' Journeys

by Mia (University Of Melbourne) Martin Hobbs

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 Between 1981 and 2016, thousands of American and Australian Vietnam War veterans returned to Vi?t Nam. This oral history tells their story and explores the national narratives which shaped those return journeys. It shows how veterans returned in search of resolution, or peace, manifesting in shifting nostalgic visions of 'Vietnam.'
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For King And Country - The British Monarchy And The First World War

by Heather (University College London) Jones

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 This is a ground-breaking history of the British monarchy in the First World War and of the social and cultural functions that monarchism played. It is the first study to fully explore the role of the monarchy during the war and challenges assumptions that the conflict undermined the crown.
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Feeding The Mind - Humanitarianism And The Reconstruction Of European Intellectual Life, 1919â€“1933

by Tomas (Swansea University) Irish

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 In the aftermath of the cataclysm of the First World War, politicians, philanthropists and humanitarians directed aid to Europe's intellectuals and their shattered institutions to stabilise the continent's democracies and preserve international peace. This groundbreaking book tells the story of the postwar rebuilding of European intellectual life.
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When Men Fell From The Sky - Civilians And Downed Airmen In Second World War Europe

by Claire Andrieu

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 A comparative history of the treatment of fallen airmen by civilians in France, Germany and Britain during the Second World War. By considering why the treatment of these airmen contrasted so strongly in these countries, Claire Andrieu sheds new light on how civilians reacted when confronted with the war 'at home'
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Sisters In Arms - Women In The British Armed Forces During The Second World War

by Jeremy A. (University Of Edinburgh) Crang

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 During the Second World War many thousands of women joined the women's auxiliary services to perform important military tasks for the RAF, army and Royal Navy. This book traces the wartime history of these auxiliary services and the integration of women into the British armed forces.
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Neutrality And Collaboration In South China - Macau During The Second World War

by Helena F. S. (Cardiff University) Lopes

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 Helena F. S. Lopes analyses the layers of collaboration that developed from neutrality in Macau during the Second World War. Exploring the intersections of local, regional and global dynamics, she unpicks the connections between a plurality of actors with competing and collaborative interests in the Portuguese-administered enclave of Macau.
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Revolution And Political Violence In Central Europe - The Deluge Of 1919

by Eliza (Kenyon College, Ohio) Ablovatski

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 Eliza Ablovatksi offers an innovative comparative and transnational study of revolution and counterrevolution in Central Europe in 1919. She employs the experiences of Munich and Budapest to analyze how revolutionary scripts and narratives, framed by antisemitism and gender stereotypes, shaped political events and violence.
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Bodies Of Work - The First World War And The Transnational Making Of Rehabilitation

by Julie M. Powell

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Forgotten Wars - Central And Eastern Europe, 1912â€“1916

by Maciej Gorny e Wlodzimierz (Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland) Borodziej

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 Examines the origins, outbreak and early campaigns of the First World War in Central and Eastern Europe to reconstruct the experiences, changes in minds, behaviour and habits of people, uniformed or not, males and females, from multiple nations located in an imagined triangle between Helsinki, Bucharest and Vienna.
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Between Community And Collaboration - ''Jewish Councils'' In Western Europe Under Nazi Occupation

by Laurien Vastenhout

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When Men Fell From The Sky - Civilians And Downed Airmen In Second World War Europe

by Claire (Institut D'Etudes Politiques, Paris) Andrieu

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 A comparative history of the treatment of fallen airmen by civilians in France, Germany and Britain during the Second World War. By considering why the treatment of these airmen contrasted so strongly in these countries, Claire Andrieu sheds new light on how civilians reacted when confronted with the war 'at home'
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Age Of The Gas Mask - How British Civilians Faced The Terrors Of Total War

by Susan R. Grayzel

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 This vivid and accessible history of the civilian gas mask from the years 1915â€"1945 reveals the shocking consequences of modern, total war and how ordinary civilians learned to face its terrors. It demonstrates the profound impact of new technologies of warfare on imperial Britain's culture, politics, and society.
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The Hunger Winter - Fighting Famine In The Occupied Netherlands, 1944â€“1945

by Ingrid (Wageningen Universiteit, The Netherlands) De Zwarte

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 In this pioneering study, Ingrid de Zwarte offers a comprehensive and multifaceted view of the socio-political context and consequences of the Dutch Hunger Winter of 1944â€"45. Based on extensive research, she examines the causes and demographic impact of the famine and how it was confronted at different societal levels.
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The Other Wars - The Experience And Memory Of The First World War In The Middle East And Macedonia

by Justin (Memorial University Of Newfoundland) Fantauzzo

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 The first full-length, comparative study of the experience and memory of British and Dominion soldiers who fought in the First World War's 'sideshows' in Sinai and Palestine, Macedonia, and Mesopotamia.
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Designing Memory - The Architecture Of Commemoration In Europe, 1914 To The Present

by Sabina (Technische Universiteit Delft, The Netherlands) Tanovic

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 This innovative study of memorial architecture investigates how design can translate memories of human loss into tangible structures. It explores the purpose behind creating a memorial and its materialisation. The result is a distinctive contribution to the literature on history and memory, and on architecture as a space for remembering.
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Bodies Of Work - The First World War And The Transnational Making Of Rehabilitation

by Julie M. (University College Dublin) Powell

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 An examination of the transnational development of large-scale national systems, international organizations, technologies, and cultural material aimed at the rehabilitation of Allied ex-servicemen, disabled in the First World War. In this well researched study, Powell considers the gender, class, and ethnic dimensions of rehabilitation.
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Between Community And Collaboration - 'Jewish Councils' In Western Europe Under Nazi Occupation

by Laurien Vastenhout

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 A comparative analysis of the 'Jewish Councils' in Western Europe during World War Two. Based on a wide range of documentation,Laurien Vastenhout identifies the differences and similarities between Jewish representative bodies across occupied Western Europe and reveals that their histories were far more complex than has been previously recognized.
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The Humanitarians - Child War Refugees And Australian Humanitarianism In A Transnational World, 1919â€“1975

by Joy (Australian Catholic University, Melbourne) Damousi

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 Spanning six decades from the formation of the Save the Children Fund in 1919 to the International Year of the Child in 1979, The Humanitarians maps the national and international humanitarian efforts undertaken by Australians on behalf of child refugees.
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Architecture Of Confinement - Incarceration Camps Of The Pacific War

by Anoma Pieris e Lynne Horiuchi

39,74€ + 10% CARD

 An innovative account of prisoners of war and internment camps around the Pacific basin during the Second World War. In this comparative and global study, Anoma Pieris and Lynne Horiuchi offer an architectural and urban understanding of the Pacific War approached through spatial, physical and material analyses of incarceration camp environments.
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The Architecture Of Confinement - Incarceration Camps Of The Pacific War

by Anoma (University Of Melbourne) Pieris e Lynne Horiuchi

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 An innovative account of prisoners of war and internment camps around the Pacific basin during the Second World War. In this comparative and global study, Anoma Pieris and Lynne Horiuchi offer an architectural and urban understanding of the Pacific War approached through spatial, physical and material analyses of incarceration camp environments.
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Irish Women And The Great War

by Fionnuala (University College Dublin) Walsh

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 The first full-length study to explore the impact of the Great War on the lives of women in Ireland. Fionnuala Walsh examines women's mobilisation for the war effort, and the impact of the war on their employment opportunities, family and domestic life, social morality and politicisation.
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