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Indian Cavalry from the First World War till the Third Afghan War
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Roy, Kaushik - Indian Cavalry from the First World War till the Third Afghan War
Keywords: First World War | France | Indian cavalry | Mesopotamia | Palestine | Third Afghan War
ISFWWS-Keywords: India | Military organisation of combat | Experience of combat | Legacy | Soldiers and Combat | The French and British Empires | Middle East | The Ottoman Empire and the Middle East | Published memoirs and biographies
Abstract: This chapter argues that it is ahistorical to analyze the evolution of armies and warfare by using universal concepts like modern warfare.…
Modern Soldier In A Busby: August Von Mackensen, 1914–1916
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DiNardo, Richard L., - Modern Soldier In A Busby: August Von Mackensen, 1914–1916
Keywords: Soldiers and Combat | Russian Front | Germany | Balkans | The Balkans and Eastern Europe | Romania
Abstract: Theo Schwarzmüller's biography was far more concerned with Mackensen's social attitudes than with his military exploits. This article tries to fill that gap and deals with August von Mackensen's career as a military commander, which essentially covered the years 1914-16. First, Mackensen was not simply the fro…
“How Much of an ‘Experience’ Do We Want the Public to Receive?”: Trench Reconstructions and Popular Images of the Great War
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Espley, Richard - “How Much of an ‘Experience’ Do We Want the Public to Receive?”: Trench Reconstructions and Popular Images of the Great War
Keywords: 1990s memory culture | Britain | Distant Bridges | First World War | The Unknown Soldier
ISFWWS-Keywords: Britain | Great Britain | Women and War | Literature | Legacy | Western Front | Soldiers and Combat | Culture | Society
Abstract: An approach to addressing the shifts and changes in 1990s memory culture with regard to the First World War becomes manifest in the construction of a narrative framewo…
Indian and African Soldiers in British, French and German Propaganda during the First World War
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Jarboe, Andrew - Indian and African Soldiers in British, French and German Propaganda during the First World War
ISFWWS-Keywords: Soldiers and Combat | Home fronts | The French and British Empires | Germany | Western Front | Africa | India | Politics | Culture | Visual Arts | Legacy
World War I and Propaganda Troy R.E. Paddock , (2014)
Publication Editor: Brill, The Netherlands, 2014
e-ISBN: 9789004264571
DOI: 10.1163/9789004264571_010 © 2014 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands Jarboe, Andrew
Reaching Out to the Past: Memory in Contemporary British First World War Narratives
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Renard, Virginie - Reaching Out to the Past: Memory in Contemporary British First World War Narratives
Keywords: British fiction | collective memory | contemporary First World War narratives | Great War writers | Julian Barnes | official memory | Pat Barker
ISFWWS-Keywords: Britain | Literature | Great Britain | Legacy | Western Front | Soldiers and Combat | Culture | Society
Abstract: The First World War currently enjoys considerable literary status in Britain. The past decade has seen a flourishing of novels that powerfully re-imagine the Grea…
Soldiers’ Suffering and Military Justice in the German Army of the Great War
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Duménil, Anne - Soldiers’ Suffering and Military Justice in the German Army of the Great War
Keywords: Germany | Experience of combat | Soldiers and Combat | Western Front | Published memoirs and biographies ‛Uncovered Fields’ Jenny Macleod and Pierre Purseigle,
Publication Editor: Brill, The Netherlands, 2004
e-ISBN: 9789047402596
DOI: 10.1163/9789047402596.004 © 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands Duménil, Anne