A POW's Memoir of the First World War: The Other Ordeal: v. 14 - Brossura

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Connes, G. A.

 
9781859737880: A POW's Memoir of the First World War: The Other Ordeal: v. 14
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ISBN 10: 1859737889 ISBN 13: 9781859737880
Casa editrice: Berg Pub Ltd, 2004

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This lyrical memoir offers a fresh look inside the trauma of war and captivity during the First World War, with resonance for today's world.Georges Connes was a young literature graduate when he was drafted and served in the infamous and bloody battle of Verdun. A survivor, he was captured by the Germans in June 1916 and became a prisoner of war until his repatriation in January 1919. In the Second World War, he was active in the French Resistance, was arrested and detained, and ultimately went into hiding. After the war, he served as the interim mayor of Dijon before returning to his academic life as a professor of British and American literature.Connes referred to his time as a POW as ''The Other Ordeal', recognizing that the most important suffering continued for those who had to endure the 'firing, blood and mud' of war. Connes focuses on the human aspects of war, which are all too easy to forget in the age of mass media. He passionately argues against the predominant black and white view of 'us versus them' to unearth the complexities of war. Rather than demonizing his German captors, for example, he describes individual examples of gratuitous acts of kindness.Connes offers a pacifist, internationalist perspective on war. A survivor of two of the greatest conflicts in modern history, Connes remained optimistic about humanity. This voice of hope provides insight not only into the First World War but into the contemporary world.

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Georges Connes

Translated by Marie-Claire Connes Wrage and edited by Lois Davis Vines

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Editore
Berg Pub Ltd
Data di pubblicazione
2004
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1859737889
ISBN 13 
9781859737880
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
123
Redattore
Vines Lois Davis
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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9781859737835: A POW's Memoir of the First World War: The Other Ordeal: v. 14

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ISBN 10:  1859737838 ISBN 13:  9781859737835
Casa editrice: Berg Pub Ltd, 2004
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