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  • Ypres

    Great Battles

    Series series Great Battles
    In 1914, Ypres was a sleepy Belgian city admired for its magnificent Gothic architecture. The arrival of the rival armies in October 1914 transformed it into a place known throughout the world, each of the combatants associating the place with it its own particular palette of values and imagery. It is now at the heart of First World War battlefield tourism, with much of it's economy devoted to ... Read more

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  • Scotland and the First World War

    Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Bannockburn

    Series series Aperçus: Histories Texts Cultures
    What did war look like in the cultural imagination of 1914? Why did men in Scotland sign up to fight in unprecedented numbers? What were the martial myths shaping Scottish identity from the aftermath of Bannockburn to the close of the nineteenth century, and what did the Scottish soldiers of the First World War think they were fighting for? Scotland and the First World War: Myth, Memory and the ... Read more

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  • Cities into Battlefields

    Metropolitan Scenarios, Experiences and Commemorations of Total War

    by Stefan Goebel ...
    Series series Historical Urban Studies Series
    Cities have always had a key role in warfare, as strategic centres which periodically suffered the horrors of siege and sack. With industrialisation, however, they were drawn ever closer to the front line and to direct and continuous experience of fighting and destruction. 'Cities into Battlefields: Metropolitan Scenarios, Experiences and Commemorations of Total War' explores the cultural imprint ... Read more

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