Publisher’s Description:’William Noel Hodgson never intended to be a soldier; he wanted to write. The Great War made his reputation as a poet but it also killed him. This groundbreaking biography traces his path and explores why he set his own hopes and plans aside to join the army.’
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Publisher’s Description:’Hazel Hutchison takes a fresh look at the roles of American writers in helping to shape national opinion and policy during the First World War. From the war’s opening salvos in Europe, American writers recognized the impact the war would have on their society and sought out new strategies to express their horror, support, or resignation.’
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Publisher’s Description:’Barthas’ riveting wartime narrative, first published in France in 1978, presents the vivid, immediate experiences of a frontline soldier.’
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Publisher’s Description:’Historian Paul Jankowski provides the definitive account of the iconic battle of World War I.Unusually, this book draws on deep research in French and German archives; this mastery of sources in both languages givesVerdun unprecedented authority and scope’.
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Publisher’s Description:’The war of 1914 was launched at a propitious moment for harnessing the might of Britain and France to neutralize the German threat to Russia’s goal: partitioning the Ottoman Empire to ensure control of the Straits between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. As we seek to make sense of these conflicts, McMeekin’s powerful expose of Russia’s aims in the First World War will illuminate our understanding of the twentieth century.’
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Publisher’s Description:’The First World War saw many changes to Derbyshire that helped shape what the county is today. This book details the human experiences, thoughts, concerns, fears and hopes of the county during one the most important periods of its history.’
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Publisher’s Description:’Originally published in 1970 and out of print for nearly thirty years, this book has already earned its place as a classic of submarine history by an author with an international reputation for being second-to-none in evoking the claustrophobic horror of war beneath the waves. Accurate in detail, yet written with humanity and humour, it tells the story of Britain’s pioneer submarines during the 1914-1918 War.’
Continue readingPublisher’s Description:’In this highly readable and moving survey of life back at home during the First World War, Gerard DeGroot challenges this assumption, finding pre-war social structures were surprisingly resilient. Despite economic and technological changes, the British peoplemanaged to cling onto their usual ways of life as much as possible in this new world.’
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Publisher’s Description:’Placing his focus on the day to day existence of the soldiers in the trenches, Adams presents a grim picture of mud-coated billets, relentless artillery barrages, working parties, training and the art of military sniping.’
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Publisher’s Description:’First published in 1921, With the Battle Cruisers is a very personal, focused study of naval life during wartime as it unfolded for Young.’
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