Ypres

Zusatztext A deeply researched, absorbing and thoroughly readable book. Informationen zum Autor Mark Connelly is currently Principal Investigator of 'Gateways to the First World War', an Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded centre for public engagement with the Great War centenary. He is also convenor of the Masters Programme in First World War Studies at the University of Kent.Stefan Goebel specializes in the comparative cultural history of the Great War and in the urban history of modern conflict. He is director of the Centre for the History of War, Media, and Society at the University of Kent. Klappentext The story of Ypres, the series of devastating battles at the heart of Britain and her Empire's experience of the First World War: how they were fought, how they have been remembered, and what they mean for us today. Zusammenfassung The story of Ypres, the series of devastating battles at the heart of Britain and her Empire's experience of the First World War: how they were fought, how they have been remembered, and what they mean for us today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Ypres in History Prologue: The Salient Facts 1: Ypres before Ypres, 1900-1913 2: Ypres during Ypres, 1914-1918 3: The New Battle for Ypres, 1919-1927 4: The New Battles for Langemarck, 1928-1944 5: Ieper in Peace, 1944-2014 Conclusion: Wipers at the Centenary Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Mark Connelly, Mark (Professor of Modern British History Connelly, Stefan Goebel, Stefan (Reader in Modern British History Goebel, Goebel Stefan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9780198713371
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871337-1
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 225 mm x 20 mm
• Series: GREAT BATTLES; GREAT BATTLES
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, Belgium, First World War, HISTORY / Social History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Western, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1910 to c 1919, Battles & campaigns, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), History and Archaeology, Battles and campaigns, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I