A Schoolmaster S War

Author : Jonathan Rée
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300252590

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A Schoolmaster's War by Jonathan Rée Pdf

The wartime adventures of the legendary SOE agent Harry Rée, told in his own words A school teacher at the start of the war, Harry Rée renounced his former pacifism with the fall of France in 1940. He was deployed into a secret branch of the British army and parachuted into central France in April 1943. Harry showed a particular talent for winning the confidence of local resisters, and guided them in a series of dramatic sabotage operations, before getting into a hand-to-hand fight with an armed German officer, from which he was lucky to escape. This might seem like a romantic story of heroism and derring-do, but Harry Rée's own war writings, superbly edited and contextualized by his son, the philosopher Jonathan Rée, are far more nuanced, shot through with doubts, regrets, and grief.

Author : Albert Bitzius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Education
ISBN : OXFORD:600056097

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The joys and sorrows of a schoolmaster, by one of themselves [A. Bitzius]. by Albert Bitzius Pdf

Author : Anthony Seldon,David Walsh
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781593080

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Public Schools and The Great War by Anthony Seldon,David Walsh Pdf

In this pioneering and original book, Anthony Seldon and David Walsh study the impact that the public schools had on the conduct of the Great War, and vice versa. Drawing on fresh evidence from 200 leading public schools and other archives, they challenge the conventional wisdom that it was the public school ethos that caused needless suffering on the Western Front and elsewhere. They distinguish between the younger front-line officers with recent school experience and the older 'top brass' whose mental outlook was shaped more by military background than by memories of school.??The Authors argue that, in general, the young officers' public school education imbued them with idealism, stoicism and a sense of service. While this helped them care selflessly for the men under their command in conditions of extreme danger, it resulted in their death rate being nearly twice the national average.??This poignant and thought-provoking work covers not just those who made the final sacrifice, but also those who returned, and?whose lives were shattered as a result of their physical and psychological wounds. It contains a wealth of unpublished detail about public school life before and during the War, and how these establishments and the country at large coped with the devastating loss of so many of the brightest and best. Seldon and Walsh conclude that, 100 years on, public school values and character training, far from being concepts to be mocked, remain relevant and that the present generation would benefit from studying them and the example of their predecessors.??Those who read Public Schools and the Great War will have their prevailing assumptions about the role and image of public schools, as popularised in Blackadder, challenged and perhaps changed.

Author : Thomas Wilhelm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1412 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : English language
ISBN : MINN:31951002321462L

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A Military and Naval Encyclopædia, Comprising Ancient and Modern Military and Naval Technical Terms, Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Officers, and Historical Accounts of All North American Indians, as Well as Ancient Warlike Tribes by Thomas Wilhelm Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11036324

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The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle by Anonim Pdf

Author : Albert Stetson,Ira S. Baker,Aaron Gove,Edwin C. Hewett,John Williston Cook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Education
ISBN : CHI:44761533

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The Illinois Schoolmaster by Albert Stetson,Ira S. Baker,Aaron Gove,Edwin C. Hewett,John Williston Cook Pdf

Author : Thomas Platter
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : Education
ISBN : EAN:4064066189846

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The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a schoolmaster of the sixteenth century by Thomas Platter Pdf

Thomas Platter told his life story to his son Felix and some sixth-form students. His very early life was harsh and he lost both his parents when he was very young. He was born in Switzerland in 1499. The book is divided into chapters each dealing with a phase of his life.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Education
ISBN : UIUC:30112104363863

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The Journal of Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004310032

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Napoleon and the Operational Art of War by Anonim Pdf

In Napoleon and the Operational Art of War, the leading scholars of Napoleonic military history provide the most authoritative analysis of Napoleon’s battlefield success and ultimate failure in a work that features the very best of campaign military history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Education
ISBN : HARVARD:32044102788940

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Illinois Schoolmaster by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Comprehensive Subject Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Reformed Church in the United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Sermons
ISBN : PSU:000053027450

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Centennial Discourses by Reformed Church in the United States Pdf

Author : James Russell Soley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Centennial Exhibition
ISBN : OXFORD:N10618895

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Historical Sketch of the United States Naval Academy by James Russell Soley Pdf

Author : Reformed Church in America. General Synod
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Reformed Church
ISBN : PRNC:32101063843435

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Centennial Discourses by Reformed Church in America. General Synod Pdf

Author : Museum and English journal of education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555034846

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The Museum. [entitled] The Museum and English journal of education by Museum and English journal of education Pdf