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  • The Irish regiments in the Great War

    Discipline and Morale

    The British army was almost unique among the European armies of the Great War in that it did not suffer from a serious breakdown of discipline or collapse of morale. It did, however, inevitably suffer from disciplinary problems. While attention has hitherto focused on the 312 notorious ‘shot at dawn’ cases, many thousands of British soldiers were tried by court martial during the Great War.This ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • The British Army and the First World War

    Series series Armies of the Great War
    This is a major new history of the British army during the Great War written by three leading military historians. Ian Beckett, Timothy Bowman and Mark Connelly survey operations on the Western Front and throughout the rest of the world as well as the army's social history, pre-war and wartime planning and strategy, the maintenance of discipline and morale and the lasting legacy of the First World ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD

  • Redcoats to Tommies

    The Experience of the British Soldier from the Eighteenth Century

    This book surveys and examines the history of Britain's soldiers from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It focuses on the lifecycle of a soldier, including enlistment and experience, and on identity, representations and place in society. It covers the diverse military forces of the British crown - the regular army, home defence forces, part-time soldiers, auxiliaries, officers, non ... Leer más

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  • Farming across Borders

    A Transnational History of the North American West

    Series series Connecting the Greater West Series
    Farming across Borders uses agricultural history to connect the regional experiences of the American West, northern Mexico, western Canada, and the North American side of the Pacific Rim, now writ large into a broad history of the North American West. Case studies of commodity production and distribution, trans-border agricultural labor, and environmental change unite to reveal new perspectives on ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Blood Oranges

    Colonialism and Agriculture in the South Texas Borderlands

    Series series Connecting the Greater West Series
    Blood Oranges traces the origins and legacy of racial differences between Anglo Americans and ethnic Mexicans (Mexican nationals and Mexican Americans) in the South Texas borderlands in the twentieth century. Author Tim Bowman uncovers a complex web of historical circumstances that caused ethnic Mexicans in the region to rank among the poorest, least educated, and unhealthiest demographic in the ... Leer más

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  • You Will Never Be One of Us

    A Teacher, a Texas Town, and the Rural Roots of Radical Conservatism

    During the spring semester of 1975, Wayne Woodward, a popular young English teacher at La Plata Junior High School in Hereford, Texas, was unceremoniously fired. His offense? Founding a local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Believing he had been unjustly targeted, Woodward sued the school district. You Will Never Be One of Us chronicles the circumstances surrounding Woodward ... Leer más

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  • Understanding Esports

    An Introduction to the Global Phenomenon

    Understanding Esports: An Introduction to the Global Phenomenon places professional Esports, a rapidly growing industry, in both the cultural and athletic landscape. This book explores how the rise of professional gaming has shaped—and been shaped by—media trends, interpersonal communication, and what it means to be classified as an athlete. Ryan Rogers has assembled contributors from a variety of ... Leer más

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  • Borders and Border Politics in a Globalizing World

    Series series The World Beat Series
    Borders represent an intriguing paradox as globalization continues to leap barriers at a vigorous pace, merging economies and cultures through world trade, economic integration, the mass media, the Internet, and increasingly mobile populations. At the same time, the political boundaries separating peoples remain pervasive and problematic. Borders and Border Politics in a Globalizing World offers a ... Leer más

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  • Bliss Beary Bear's Fairy Tales of the Heart

    Collection One for Children of All Ages

    Ilustraciones de Clare Maria Bowman ...
    If you want your children to be brilliant, tell them fairy tales. If you want them to be very brilliant, tell them even more fairy tales. Albert EinsteinFairy Tales of the Heart is carefully crafted to develop the brilliance in your childs character, mind, heart and body.These contemporary fairy tales skillfully weave myth and mystery, fantasy and reality, poetry and proven principles of child ... Leer más

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    The Raising of the New Armies, 1914–1916

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    Numbering over five million men, Britain's army in the First World War was the biggest in the country's history. Remarkably, nearly half those men who served in it were volunteers. 2,466,719 men enlisted between August 1914 and December 1915, many in response to the appeals of the Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener. How did Britain succeed in creating a mass army, almost from scratch, in the middle of a ... Leer más

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  • The Journeys End Battalion

    The 9th East Surrey in the Great War

    de Michael Lucas ...
    R.C. Sherriff, author of Journeys End, the most famous play of the Great War, saw all his front line service with the 9th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. This intense experience profoundly affected his writing and, through his play, it continues to have a powerful influence on our understanding of the conflict. Yet the story of his battalion has never been told in full until now. In The Journeys ... Leer más

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  • The First Day on the Somme

    1 July 1916

    The soldiers receive the best service a historian can provide: their story is told in their own words - Guardian'For some reason nothing seemed to happen to us at first; we strolled along as though walking in a park. Then, suddenly, we were in the midst of a storm of machine-gun bullets and I saw men beginning to twirl round and fall in all kinds of curious ways'On 1 July 1916, a continous line of ... Leer más

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