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  • Belarusian Nation-Building in Times of War and Revolution
    Lizaveta Kasmach
    The proclamation of Belarusian independence on March 25, 1918, and the rival establishment of the Soviet Belarusian state on January 1, 1919, created two distinct and mutually exclusive national myths, which continue to define contemporary Belarusian society. This book examines the processes that resulted in this dual resolution in the context of World War I and the subsequent ...
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    100,55 €

  • Austria-Hungary’s Last War, 1914-1918 Vol 1 (1914)
    Stan Hanna
    The Final War of a Great Empire'The official history of the Habsburg empire in the First World War ought to enjoy a better reputation than it does.'- Sir Hew StrachanIn August 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in response to the assassination of their heir to the throne, declared war against Serbia. Their army was multi-national and multi-lingual. Backed by Germany and opposed...
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    59,22 €

  • Austria-Hungary’s Last War, 1914-1918 Vol 1 (1914)
    Stan Hanna
    The Final War of a Great Empire'The official history of the Habsburg empire in the First World War ought to enjoy a better reputation than it does.'- Sir Hew StrachanIn August 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in response to the assassination of their heir to the throne, declared war against Serbia. Their army was multi-national and multi-lingual. Backed by Germany and opposed...
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    23,48 €

  • Burning Beethoven
    Erik Kirschbaum
    Before World War I, the United States were home to a flourishing German culture. German-Americans were the biggest and most successful ethnic group all over the Midwest. But this culture was wiped out forever by a fury of an anti-German hysteria after America had entered the war. Overzealous American patriots renamed Sauerkraut 'Liberty Cabbage', slaughtered dachshunds, and era...
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    17,76 €

  • Humanitarianism and the Greater War, 1914-24
    This book offers fresh perspectives on the history of humanitarianism and its impact on domestic and international politics in the era of the Great War. ...
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    169,37 €

  • Air Warriors - World War One - International Aces - Volume 2
    Chris Geary
    Take to the skies over Europe during World War I as ace fighter plane pilots engage in battle with primitive machines that are held together with canvas, wire, wood, and metal. These adventurers, who were drawn to the conflict, came from as far afield as India, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa, would fight to defend their homeland, fight for nationalistic pride, and fight f...
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    15,85 €

  • EAST AFRICA VOLUME 1 August 1914-September 1916
    Lt-Colonel Charles Hordern
    The first (and only) published volume on the frustrating early Allied campaign in East Africa, that saw the emergence of Germany’s Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck - one of the most successful and legendary guerilla leaders of all time.This volume in the Official History of The Great War covers the first half of the campaign in East Africa (the planned second volume was never published)...
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    67,02 €

  • TOGOLAND AND THE CAMEROONS
    Brig-General F. J. Moberly
    This volume of the Official History of The Great War covers the little-known Togoland and Cameroon campaigns, in which British and French-led African troops took over the two German colonies. The Togoland campaign was wrapped up in August 1914, while the Cameroons - where natural obstacles and hazards were severe - ended successfully in February 1916.This volume of the Official...
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    66,55 €

  • TOGOLAND AND THE CAMEROONS
    Brig-General F. J. Moberly
    This volume of the Official History of The Great War covers the little-known Togoland and Cameroon campaigns, in which British and French-led African troops took over the two German colonies. The Togoland campaign was wrapped up in August 1914, while the Cameroons - where natural obstacles and hazards were severe - ended successfully in February 1916.This volume of the Official...
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    83,64 €

  • Nyasaland Operations during the World War, 1914-1918
    T. Cullen Young
    Young’s Nyasaland Operations manuscript was entrusted to the Society of Malawi in 1955, likely in the hope the Society would benefit by its publication. Now edited with commentary and annotations by Melvin E. Page, his accounts and personal recollections are at last available to a wider readership, offering a further perspective on the Great War as experienced primarily by Nyas...
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    35,41 €

  • Kriegsbriefe eines elsässischen Bauernburschen
    Hans Karl Abel
    Diese Briefe enthalten alles, was an Furchtbarem über einen Furchtlosen und Untadeligen in vierjährigem Wettersturm dahinbrauste. Sie sind ein Charakterbild und ein Zeitspiegel; vielleicht macht die Zukunft mehr aus ihnen.An der Westfront geschrieben, legen sie Zeugnis davon ab, daß das allgemeine Vorurteil gegen den Elsässer nicht hindern konnte, einen Soldaten wie Klaus Hofer...
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    24,50 €

  • Cujte Srbi!
    Rudolf Arcibald Rajs
    Rukopis Cujte Srbi! napisan je 1928, godinu dana pred Rajsovu smrt. U svom posmrtnom zavestanju, Rajs nabraja vrline i mane srpskog naroda. Knjiga predstavlja ogledalo srpskog naroda iz kojeg i danas mozemo mnogo da naucimo. Izdanje na cirilici. ...
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    8,80 €

  • A PERSISTANT FIRE
    National Defense University Press
    The profession of arms in the 21st century is at significant risk of losing its status as a profession due to several salient factors. Because of the rapid development of technology in relation to warfare, for instance, there are growing questions as to how much control human beings will retain of future combat, particularly given the speed of decision-making required for victo...
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    19,00 €

  • MILITARY OPERATIONS EGYPT & PALESTINE
    Captain Cyril Falls / Lt.-Gen. Sir George MacMunn
    This volume in the Official History of The Great War covers the early stages of the Middle East theatre - from the outbreak of war to June 1917. After a brief background to the situation in Egypt in August 1914, and the opening of hostilities with Turkey at the end of October, this volume concerns itself with the defence of Egypt against invasion by the Turks from the east and ...
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    83,44 €

  • MILITARY OPERATIONS EGYPT & PALESTINE
    Captain Cyril Falls
    Part II of the Official History of The Great War in the Middle East takes the story from May 1918 to the armistice. It begins with a summary of the Arab revolt against the Turks, which involved the exploits of Col. T. E. Lawrence ’of Arabia’, and consisted of harassing attacks and sabotage of railways which drew off great numbers of the Turks to the benefit of the EEF. This was...
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    65,98 €

  • MILITARY OPERATIONS EGYPT & PALESTINE 1914-18 ATLAS
    Captain Cyril Falls
    A full assembly of all the valuable colour and black-and-white maps that were bound into the celebrated three-volume set of Military Operations Egypt & Palestine - History of the Great War - Other Theatres and are now extracted to form this Atlas.Although attention has understandably focused on the Western Front in the Great War, the conflict was a World War fought across many ...
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    33,60 €

  • MILITARY OPERATIONS EGYPT & PALESTINE 1914-18 ATLAS
    Captain Cyril Falls
    A full assembly of all the valuable colour and black-and-white maps that were bound into the celebrated three-volume set of Military Operations Egypt & Palestine - History of the Great War - Other Theatres and are now extracted to form this Atlas.Although attention has understandably focused on the Western Front in the Great War, the conflict was a World War fought across many ...
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    24,61 €

  • MILITARY OPERATIONS EGYPT & PALESTINE
    Captain Cyril Falls
    Part II of the Official History of The Great War in the Middle East takes the story from May 1918 to the armistice. It begins with a summary of the Arab revolt against the Turks, which involved the exploits of Col. T. E. Lawrence ’of Arabia’, and consisted of harassing attacks and sabotage of railways which drew off great numbers of the Turks to the benefit of the EEF. This was...
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    83,06 €

  • Erwin Rommel First War
    Erwin Rommel / Zita Steele
    More than just a new German-to-English translation of Rommel’s memoir, 'Erwin Rommel: First War-A New Look At Infantry Attacks' by military historian/author Zita Steele (pen name for Zita Ballinger Fletcher) provides analysis of Rommel’s transformation from a naïve young soldier into a formidable World War II general. This book is an authoritative work on Rommel’s life, his tac...
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    50,41 €

  • This Ghastly War
    Mary M Crawford
    During World War I, Dr. Mary M. Crawford spent nearly a year volunteering at the American Ambulance Hospital in France. Among the first American physicians to join the Allied war effort in 1914, she was the only woman doctor on the hospital staff. Her diary and letters, presented here with historical context, narrate day-to-day life in a hospital on the Western Front, with cli...
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    72,57 €

  • Picturing the Western Front
    Beatriz Pichel
    Between 1914 and 1918, military, press and amateur photographers produced thousands of pictures. Classified in archives, collected in personal albums and circulated in illustrated magazines, photographs were supposed to tell the story of the war. This book argues that photographic practices also shaped combatants and civilians’ war experiences. ...
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    35,59 €

  • THE LANCASHIRE FIGHTING TERRITORIALS
    George Bigwood
    In enthusiastically patriotic wartime style for the 'Home Front' reader , this is an account of the Lancashire Territorial battalions, fighting initially in the desert in Egypt, however the the major part of the book is concerned with the Gallipoli campaign. With the narrative peppered with individual soldiers names this is a useful work for the medal collector/genealogist. ...
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    24,40 €

  • Seven Pillars of Wisdom
    T. E. Lawrence
    Seven Pillars of Wisdom is T. E. Lawrence’s memoir of his involvement in leading a portion of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman empire during World War I. The empire had joined the side of Germany and the Central Powers in the war, and Britain hoped that a successful revolt would take the empire out of the war effort. Britain had also promised the Arabs that, if they were suc...
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    29,55 €

  • The First Birmingham Battalion in the Great War 1914-1919
    J. E. B. Fairclough
    A very good Great War Battalion history: the 1st Birmingham Pals Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment was formed in Birmingham in September 1914 by the Lord Mayor and a local committee. They proceeded to France on 21 November 1915. In December 1915, they transferred to 13th Brigade, 5th Division. In March 1916, 5th Division took over a section of front line between St Laurent...
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    42,66 €

  • The First Birmingham Battalion in the Great War 1914-1919
    J. E. B. Fairclough
    A very good Great War Battalion history: the 1st Birmingham Pals Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment was formed in Birmingham in September 1914 by the Lord Mayor and a local committee. They proceeded to France on 21 November 1915. In December 1915, they transferred to 13th Brigade, 5th Division. In March 1916, 5th Division took over a section of front line between St Laurent...
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    30,84 €

  • IN GOOD COMPANY
    Lieutenant W. A. Carne
    The company was formed in Egypt in 1916 from MG Sections  of 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th Australian Infantry battalions. It moved to France and was an element of 2nd Australian Division until the end of the war. Armed with the Vickers gun, it took part in numerous actions in the 'sustained fire' role. Many members are named in the text, both as casualties  and as award winners. ...
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    60,43 €

  • IN GOOD COMPANY
    Lieutenant W. A. Carne
    The company was formed in Egypt in 1916 from MG Sections  of 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th Australian Infantry battalions. It moved to France and was an element of 2nd Australian Division until the end of the war. Armed with the Vickers gun, it took part in numerous actions in the 'sustained fire' role. Many members are named in the text, both as casualties  and as award winners. ...
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    42,12 €

  • Whiskey, Women, and War
    Brian Altobello
    As the US entered World War I in 1917, a burst of patriotism in New Orleans collided with civil liberties. The city, due to its French heritage, shared a strong cultural tie to the Allies, and French speakers from Louisiana provided vital technical assistance to the US military during the war effort. Meanwhile, citizens of German heritage were harassed by unscrupulous, ill-trai...
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    20,79 €

  • US Security Issues and World War I
    Introduction'We are Getting into Deep Water Needlessly': From Neutrality to (Almost) a Third Anglo-American War in 1914Shawn McAvoyXenophobia Unleashed: Anti-German Attitudes and Policies During WWIB.D. MowellAmerican and Russian Geopolitical and Geostrategic Interests During World War IRaluca Viman-Miller'American Pride Will Not Stand in the Way of Efficiency': Public Opinion ...
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    19,35 €

  • OPERATIONS OF THE MOUNTED TROOPS OF THE EGYPTIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
    J G Browne / Rex Osborne / W J Foster
    The E.E.F. came into being in March 1916 from the remnants of the British troops from Gallipoli and the troops already in Egypt although it lost ten of its fourteen infantry divisions to other theatres in quick order. The multinational force of Australians, New Zealanders, Indians and British Territorial troops became a strategic reserve for the British ArmyThis fascinating boo...
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    39,77 €


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