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The First World War in 100 Objects Professor Gary Sheffield

The First World War in 100 Objects von Professor Gary Sheffield

The First World War in 100 Objects Professor Gary Sheffield


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Zusammenfassung

The First World War was one of the seminal events in world history. This book traces its history through the examination of iconic items like the Zeppelin, the gas mask and Winston Churchill's Cigar, to personal objects which tell the poignant stories of individuals and official documents, medals and badges.

The First World War in 100 Objects Zusammenfassung

The First World War in 100 Objects Professor Gary Sheffield

The First World War was one of the seminal events in world history. The First World War in 100 Objects offers a unique perspective on the world's first truly global conflict. It traces its history through the examination of iconic items like the Zeppelin, the gas mask and Winston Churchill's Cigar, to personal objects which tell the poignant stories of individuals and official documents, medals and badges. Fully illustrated, each object will be accompanied by approximately 500 words of text that will give the item context and highlight its significance.

Über Professor Gary Sheffield

Professor Gary Sheffield was appointed Chair of War Studies at the University of Birmingham in 2006, having previously taught as a Professor of Modern History at King's College, London. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Society of Arts and has written widely on twentieth-century military history especially the First World War. In 2003, he shared the Templer Medal for Military Literature for his contribution to The British General Staff: Innovation and Reform (2002). Gary regularly broadcasts on radio and television, and his work has appeared in the Guardian, the Mail on Sunday, the Times Literary Supplement and BBC History Magazine. He lives in Oxfordshire.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Entries for 100 objects which played key parts in the history of the First World War, ranging from Archduke Franz Ferdinand's car in 1914 to the Big Bertha Gun, a Turkish pith helpment, Simpson's Donkey, a gas mask, T. E. Lawrence's headdress, a pigeon, the Blue Max, the keys of Jerusalem, a Mark V Tank, the railway carriage used to sign the Armistice and a tomb of an unknown warrior; Index; Picture Credits.

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR006186029
9781780973968
1780973969
The First World War in 100 Objects Professor Gary Sheffield
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Gebundene Ausgabe
Welbeck Publishing Group
2013-10-10
256
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