In the aftermath of the Great War, a remarkable wave of collective commemoration emerged, but the aesthetic diversity of this period has often been overshadowed by a singular focus on the combatant experience, primarily conveyed through fiction and memoir.
From Crimson to Black is a profoundly moving novel depicting an aging Vietnam veteran and his struggle to write his memoir while grappling with the debilitating effects of the middle stages of dementia, attempting to rob him of his ability to remember tragic events during the Vietnam War.
Le general Sarrail a joue un role important durant la Grande Guerre, d'aborden dirigeant une armee sur le front occidental (1914-1915), puis en assumant en Grece le commandement de l'armee d'Orient (1915-1917).
The Pursuit of Justice is the first book to examine three separate instances of soldiers risking their lives during wartime to protest injustices being perpetrated by military authorities: within the United States Army during the American Civil War, the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, and the British Army during World War II.
The Pursuit of Justice is the first book to examine three separate instances of soldiers risking their lives during wartime to protest injustices being perpetrated by military authorities: within the United States Army during the American Civil War, the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, and the British Army during World War II.
Elias Schwarz, ein junger Mann mit einer geheimnisvollen Vergangenheit und unglaublichen Fähigkeiten, wird in die tiefsten Abgründe des Dritten Weltkriegs gezogen.
Opportunisten, die über Leichen gehen, Verschleppte, die um ihr Leben fürchten, Angepasste, Aufrechte und Widerständige treffen kurz vor Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs im kleinen Fichtenried aufeinander.
This innovative approach to the history of World War I looks at ways in which military actors saw and perceived war, and how that exerted a significant influence over the decisions they made and the actions they took.
In den Jahren 1925 bis 1944 gab das Reichsarchiv unter Mitwirkung einer großen Zahl von Offizieren und Historikern eine Serie von Monographien zur Militärgeschichte des Ersten Weltkriegs aus deutscher Sicht heraus.
War and Peace is a novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russkii Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era.
Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 - May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams.
WINNER OF THE 2024 AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE FOR NONFICTIONAcclaimed historian and biographer Ross McMullin has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in this sequel to Farewell, Dear People, the winner of multiple awards including the Prime Minister s Prize for Australian History.
As a lad in the high country of eastern Victoria, Tag Wardell shows an extraordinary gift with animals: he is followed to school by his pets; his rapport with his horse, Dimble, becomes the talk of the district; and he even manages to befriend a mob of brumbies during an adventure with his schoolmates in the Dargo high plains.
