Carlisle In The Great War

Author : David Carter
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783376131

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Carlisle in the Great War by David Carter Pdf

How the experience of war impacted on the town, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Carlisle were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years. A record of the growing disillusion of the people, their tragedies and hardships and a determination to see it through. ??Already an important railway junction, with local industrial and commercial interests reflecting its historical position on the border with Scotland, Carlisle became a key settlement in the Great War. ??The Carlisle story includes the arrival of Belgian Refugees; the care of wounded men passing through the city on hospital trains; recruiting the Lonsdale Battalion; dealing with the aftermath of the Gretna rail disaster; caring for the wounded brought to the local hospitals after major battles; the effect of the Gretna Munitions factory on the city and state ownership of public houses and breweries. Beneath these new activities normal life continued with children going to school, local government dealing with a growing population and daily work and commerce

Author : David Carter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1473840376

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Carlisle in the Great War by David Carter Pdf

Author : Craig Armstrong
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473875210

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Alnwick in the Great War by Craig Armstrong Pdf

As a market town and one of the seats of government of the county authority, Alnwick played a key role in the coordination of Northumberlands war effort. With a wide rural hinterland, the town was considerably important in the production and dispersal of food, which was vital to the war effort. As the home of the Duke of Northumberland, the town had a hugely influential role in the overall Northumbrian war effort from civilian affairs to military recruitment.The town shared a proud tradition of military service with the wider region, and this was reflected in the huge numbers of Alnwick men and women who came forward for service in the military or in roles such as nursing. The town was a regional recruitment centre and hosted its own unit of the 1/7th (Territorial) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, as well as other military units. From 1915, Alnwick was also one of the largest infantry training bases in the north of England. Many of the locally raised Pals Battalions, which were raised in the north, received their training here. For those left behind in Alnwick, the war was a time of worry and hardship, however others saw the business opportunities. This book includes accounts of the struggle that local families faced in coping with rising wartime prices, longer working hours and endless worry, sometimes in the face of accusations of drunkenness or idleness from the authorities and unfair criticism of the rural districts recruiting record.Despite these hardships, the people of Alnwick provided incredible charitable support right up until the end of the war, in addition to their normal efforts. Several military hospitals were set up in the town and surrounding area, with the training base later becoming a recuperation base for injured soldiers. These momentous efforts are explained throughout this compelling book, which is a testimony to the bravery, self-sacrifice and determination of the people of Alnwick during the Great War.

Author : Alex King
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781845209520

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Memorials of the Great War in Britain by Alex King Pdf

Taking as its focus memorials of the First World War in Britain, this book brings a fresh approach to the study of public symbols by exploring how different motives for commemorating the dead were reconciled through the processes of local politics to create a widely valued form of collective expression. It examines how the memorials were produced, what was said about them, how support for them was mobilized and behaviour around them regulated. These memorials were the sites of contested, multiple and ambiguous meanings, yet out of them a united public observance was created. The author argues that this was possible because the interpretation of them as symbols was part of a creative process in which new meanings for traditional forms of memorial were established and circulated. The memorials not only symbolized emotional responses to the war, but also ambitions for the post-war era. Contemporaries adopted new ways of thinking about largely traditional forms of memorial to fit the uncertain social and political climate of the inter-war years.This book represents a significant contribution to the study of material culture and memory, as well as to the social and cultural history of modern warfare.

Author : David Monger
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781846318306

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Patriotism and Propaganda in First World War Britain by David Monger Pdf

A detailed study of the NWAC's activities, propaganda and reception. It demonstrates the significant role played by the NWAC in British society after July 1917, illuminating the local network of agents and committees which conducted its operations and the party political motivations behind these.

Author : Edward G. Lengel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118836392

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A Companion to the Meuse-Argonne Campaign by Edward G. Lengel Pdf

A Companion to the Meuse-Argonne Campaign explores the single largest and bloodiest battle in American military history, including its many controversies, in historiographical essays that reflect the current state of the field. Presents original essays on the French and German participation in ‒ and perspectives on ‒ this important event Makes use of original archival research from the United States, France, and Germany Contributors include WWI scholars from France, Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom Essays examine the military, social, and political consequences of the Meuse-Argonne and points the way for future scholarship in this area

Author : H. A. G. Carlisle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Knutsford (England)
ISBN : 152722712X

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The Great War 1914-1918 by H. A. G. Carlisle Pdf

Author : Andrew J. Huebner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190853945

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Love and Death in the Great War by Andrew J. Huebner Pdf

Americans today harbor no strong or consistent collective memory of the First World War. Ask why the country fought or what they accomplished, and "democracy" is the most likely if vague response. The circulation of confusing or lofty rationales for intervention began as soon as President Woodrow Wilson secured a war declaration in April 1917. Yet amid those shifting justifications, Love and Death in the Great War argues, was a more durable and resonant one: Americans would fight for home and family. Officials in the military and government, grasping this crucial reality, invested the war with personal meaning, as did popular culture. "Make your mother proud of you/And the Old Red White and Blue" went George Cohan's famous tune "Over There." Federal officials and their allies in public culture, in short, told the war story as a love story. Intervention came at a moment when arbiters of traditional home and family were regarded as under pressure from all sides: industrial work, women's employment, immigration, urban vice, woman suffrage, and the imagined threat of black sexual aggression. Alleged German crimes in France and Belgium seemed to further imperil women and children. War promised to restore convention, stabilize gender roles, and sharpen male character. Love and Death in the Great War tracks such ideas of redemptive war across public and private spaces, policy and implementation, home and front, popular culture and personal correspondence. In beautifully rendered prose, Andrew J. Huebner merges untold stories of ordinary men and women with a history of wartime culture. Studying the radiating impact of war alongside the management of public opinion, he recovers the conflict's emotional dimensions--its everyday rhythms, heartbreaking losses, soaring possibilities, and broken promises.

Author : Edward A. Gutiérrez
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700624447

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Doughboys on the Great War by Edward A. Gutiérrez Pdf

“It is impossible to reproduce the state of mind of the men who waged war in 1917 and 1918,” Edward Coffman wrote in The War to End All Wars. In Doughboys on the Great War the voices of thousands of servicemen say otherwise. The majority of soldiers from the American Expeditionary Forces returned from Europe in 1919. Where many were simply asked for basic data, veterans from four states—Utah, Minnesota, Connecticut, and Virginia—were given questionnaires soliciting additional information and “remarks.” Drawing on these questionnaires, completed while memories were still fresh, this book presents a chorus of soldiers’ voices speaking directly of the expectations, motivations, and experiences as infantrymen on the Western Front in World War I. What was it like to kill or maim German soldiers? To see friends killed or maimed by the enemy? To return home after experiencing such violence? Again and again, soldiers wrestle with questions like these, putting into words what only they can tell. They also reflect on why they volunteered, why they fought, what their training was, and how ill-prepared they were for what they found overseas. They describe how they interacted with the civilian populations in England and France, how they saw the rewards and frustrations of occupation duty when they desperately wanted to go home, and—perhaps most significantly—what it all added up to in the end. Together their responses create a vivid and nuanced group portrait of the soldiers who fought with the American Expeditionary Forces on the battlefields of Aisne-Marne, Argonne Forest, Belleau Wood, Chateau-Thierry, the Marne, Metz, Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, Sedan, and Verdun during the First World War. The picture that emerges is often at odds with the popular notion of the disillusioned doughboy. Though hardened and harrowed by combat, the veteran heard here is for the most part proud of his service, service undertaken for duty, honor, and country. In short, a hundred years later, the doughboy once more speaks in his own true voice.

Author : John Fidler
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473846128

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Lancaster in the Great War by John Fidler Pdf

Although Lancaster was the ancient County town, it had a population of only 40,000 in 1914. Of these, it is thought that some 5,000 men saw war service between 1914-18, and over 1,000 did not return. In consequence, the recruiting drives, the tribunals to consider exemption from 1916, and the ever-growing casualty lists provide the main theme for this book.Some 3,000 men had volunteered by December 1914, to join those already serving. While the depot of the Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment was in the town, about eighty regiments had Lancaster men in their ranks, and both the casualty lists and the awards for gallantry reflect this.The town was out of range for shelling from the sea, or aerial bombardment, but did experience an explosion at its munitions factory in 1917. Apart from this, the mayor and council endeavoured to continue with their primary duties as far as possible in running the town.

Author : Michael R. Cude
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000904260

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Woodrow Wilson by Michael R. Cude Pdf

This volume contributes to the Routledge Seminar Studies history series by providing a concise narrative overview of the ideas and foreign policy of Woodrow Wilson. It focuses on Wilson’s response to the First World War and his efforts to formulate a new international system, while also outlining Wilson’s policies toward different parts of the world. The book shows how Wilson shaped the direction of the 20th century in areas such as global governance, nationalism, decolonization, and international relations theory. In doing so, the book introduces the reader to the many debates over Wilsonian foreign policy. With a target audience of college undergraduates and non-experts, readers will gain a better understanding of Wilson’s vision for the world, his administration’s approaches to foreign policy, particularly during the First World War, and the global impact of his program.

Author : John Venn,John Archibald Venn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781108036153

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Alumni Cantabrigienses by John Venn,John Archibald Venn Pdf

Detailed and comprehensive, the second volume of the Venns' directory, in six parts, includes all known alumni until 1900.

Author : M. Epstein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1501 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230270718

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The Statesman's Year-Book by M. Epstein Pdf

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Author : Edwin A. Pratt
Publisher : London : Selwyn and Blount
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Railroads
ISBN : UOM:39015013037034

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British Railways and the Great War by Edwin A. Pratt Pdf

Author : R. Craig Nation
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1989-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0822309440

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War on War by R. Craig Nation Pdf

The outbreak of World War I precipitated a schism in the international socialist movement that endures today. Heeding calls for "rational defense," the leading European socialist democratic parties abandoned their vision of peace and internationalism as an integral part of the struggle for social justice and set aside their view of interstate war as the clearest example of the irrational essence of competitive capitalism. Only the Zimmerwald Left, led by Lenin, continued to speak out for internationalism. R. Craig Nation utilizes sources in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Swedish to provide the first comprehensive history of the Zimmerwald Left as an international political tendency.