The First World War in 100 Objects

Doyle, Peter

ISBN 10: 0750968486 / ISBN 13: 9780750968485

Editore: History Press Limited, The, 2016

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Titolo: The First World War in 100 Objects

Casa editrice: History Press Limited, The

Data di pubblicazione: 2016

Legatura: Brossura

Condizione: Very Good

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Riassunto:

Objects are the way in which we can touch the past, and they play a living role in history today. Through them, we can understand the experience of men and women during the First World War. Surviving objects from the Great War are diverse: posters and ephemera, personal mementos and military artefacts, archaeological finds and public monuments, deadly weapons and tanks, aircraft and ships. Showcased in this best-selling book these fascinating objects bring a fresh perspective to the tragedy and triumph of the `war to end all wars' across the world.

L'autore:

Peter Doyle is a military historian and geologist, specialising in battlefield terrain. He is a familiar face as television expert on documentaries, including WW1 Tunnels of Death: The Big Dig, Battlefield Detectives and The Great Escape: Revealed on Channel 5. He is Visiting Professor at University College London and is co-secretary of the All Party Parliamentary War Heritage Group, which is actively supporting the British government s commemorations for the centenary of the First World War. He has co-written Beneath Flanders Fields: The Underground War 1914 18 and Grasping Gallipoli, and among his own numerous works, has also written Battle Story Gallipoli 1915, Battle Story Loos 1915, Trench Talk and the stunning Remembering Tommy in collaboration with Chris Foster (all available from The History Press). Follow him on Twitter: @ProfPeterDoyle and online: www.peterdoylemilitaryhistory.com.