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Books > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War

The Pawns Count [microform] (Hardcover): E Phillips (Edward Philli Oppenheim The Pawns Count [microform] (Hardcover)
E Phillips (Edward Philli Oppenheim
R866 Discovery Miles 8 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Great War in the Middle East - Allenby's Final Triumph (Hardcover): W. T. Massey The Great War in the Middle East - Allenby's Final Triumph (Hardcover)
W. T. Massey
R739 Discovery Miles 7 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The conclusion of W.T Massey's Middle Eastern theatre trilogy
The final book in Massey's trilogy concerns the drive through Palestine into Syria, the conquest of Damascus and the harrying of the defeated Turkish and German forces as their broken armies retreated northwards towards and beyond Aleppo and the borders of Turkey itself. In the pages of this excellent account-written as part history, part first hand account by one who was there-the reader will find many familiar and famous figures. Here are Allenby, Lawrence, Feisal and others. Renowned regiments pass through its pages-the stalwart Yeomanry, the indomitable and cheerful Londoners, the dashing Australian Light Horse as well as the early fighter and bomber crews of the emerging air force. An essential book for those who value the impression of a campaign told with the immediacy of first hand knowledge.

The 1st Canadians at War - Two Accounts of the First Canadian Division in the Great War (Hardcover): Frederic C Curry, Louis... The 1st Canadians at War - Two Accounts of the First Canadian Division in the Great War (Hardcover)
Frederic C Curry, Louis Keene
R702 Discovery Miles 7 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the St. Lawrence to the Yser With the 1st Canadian Brigade
by Frederic C. Curry
"Crumps"-the Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went
by Louis Keen
Two first hand accounts in one value edition
When the First World War broke out, the view of the British Empire by those who built it, colonised it and spread its influence over the globe was that of a strong closely bonded family held together by common origin and purpose. There could be little doubt that the peoples of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and other countries would quickly rally to a flag they considered their own as readily as they had done in the past-particularly during the war in South Africa just a decade and a half previously. These young, enthusiastic, mostly citizen armies were comprised in the main of the flower of the country's young manhood. In Canada these first came from the members of the Canadian Militia, though such was the demand to 'do ones bit' that this was quickly absorbed by quantities of volunteers from the community at large eager to take up arms in the service of the 'mother country.' These two first accounts concern men of the First Canadians who join, train, sail to Europe and throw themselves into the early battles with the German Army in Belgium and France. They make absorbing reading as perspectives of the infantry war from the Canadian viewpoint and represent great value in this special two-in-one edition. Available in softcover and hardback with dustwrapper.

The Floating Ambush - the Q ships of the First World War-Q-Ships and Their Story with a Short History of Startin's Pets... The Floating Ambush - the Q ships of the First World War-Q-Ships and Their Story with a Short History of Startin's Pets (Hardcover)
E. Keble Chatterton, W. L. Wyllie, Cowen
R702 Discovery Miles 7 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Literary Digest History of the World War, Vol. III (in Ten Volumes, Illustrated) - Compiled from Original and Contemporary... The Literary Digest History of the World War, Vol. III (in Ten Volumes, Illustrated) - Compiled from Original and Contemporary Sources: American, Briti (Hardcover)
Francis W. Halsey
R1,027 Discovery Miles 10 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The quantity of journalism produced during World War I was unlike anything the then-budding mass media had ever seen. Correspondents at the front were dispatching voluminous reports on a daily basis, and though much of it was subject to censorship, it all eventually became available. It remains the most extraordinary firsthand look at the war that we have. Published immediately after the cessation of hostilities and compiled from those original journalistic sources-American, British, French, German, and others-this is an astonishing contemporary perspective on the Great War. This replica of the first 1919 edition includes all the original maps, photos, and illustrations, lending an even greater immediacy to readers a century later. Volume III covers July 1915 through May 1917 on the Western Front, from the first major Allied offensive to the German assault on Verdun and the Allied drive on the Somme. American journalist and historian FRANCIS WHITING HALSEY (1851-1919) was literary editor of The New York Times from 1892 through 1896. He wrote and lectured extensively on history; his works include, as editor, the two-volume Great Epochs in American History Described by Famous Writers, From Columbus to Roosevelt (1912), and, as writer, the 10-volume Seeing Europe with Famous Authors (1914).

Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron (Hardcover): Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron (Hardcover)
R761 R669 Discovery Miles 6 690 Save R92 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
European War - Papers Relating to German Atrocities, and Breaches of the Rules of War, in Africa (Hardcover): Great Britain.... European War - Papers Relating to German Atrocities, and Breaches of the Rules of War, in Africa (Hardcover)
Great Britain. Colonial Office
R756 Discovery Miles 7 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
General Smuts' Campaign in East Africa - Military Operations Against German Forces, February 1916-January 1917... General Smuts' Campaign in East Africa - Military Operations Against German Forces, February 1916-January 1917 (Hardcover)
J. H. V. Crowe
R703 Discovery Miles 7 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) - American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive;... The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) - American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. (Hardcover)
Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Francis Trevelyan Miller
R1,054 Discovery Miles 10 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

World War I was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 1914 to 1918. Contemporaneously known as the Great War or "the war to end all wars", it led to the mobilisation of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history. This series of Eight volumes provides year by year analysis of the war that resulted in the death of more than 17 million deaths worldwide.

Courage - Tales from the Great War (Hardcover): Andrew Holden Courage - Tales from the Great War (Hardcover)
Andrew Holden
R516 Discovery Miles 5 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Literary Digest History of the World War, Vol. II (in Ten Volumes, Illustrated) - Compiled from Original and Contemporary... The Literary Digest History of the World War, Vol. II (in Ten Volumes, Illustrated) - Compiled from Original and Contemporary Sources: American, Britis (Hardcover)
Francis W. Halsey
R999 Discovery Miles 9 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The quantity of journalism produced during World War I was unlike anything the then-budding mass media had ever seen. Correspondents at the front were dispatching voluminous reports on a daily basis, and though much of it was subject to censorship, it all eventually became available. It remains the most extraordinary firsthand look at the war that we have. Published immediately after the cessation of hostilities and compiled from those original journalistic sources-American, British, French, German, and others-this is an astonishing contemporary perspective on the Great War. This replica of the first 1919 edition includes all the original maps, photos, and illustrations, lending an even greater immediacy to readers a century later. Volume II covers August 1914 through July 1915 on the Western Front, from the German advance on Paris to the first use of aeroplanes and zeppelins. American journalist and historian FRANCIS WHITING HALSEY (1851-1919) was literary editor of The New York Times from 1892 through 1896. He wrote and lectured extensively on history; his works include, as editor, the two-volume Great Epochs in American History Described by Famous Writers, From Columbus to Roosevelt (1912), and, as writer, the 10-volume Seeing Europe with Famous Authors (1914).

Fighting with King Albert (Hardcover): Gabriel De Libert De Flemalle Fighting with King Albert (Hardcover)
Gabriel De Libert De Flemalle
R866 Discovery Miles 8 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Shelf2Life WWI Memoirs Collection is an engaging set of pre-1923 materials that describe life during the Great War through memoirs, letters and diaries. Poignant personal narratives from soldiers, doctors and nurses on the front lines to munitions workers and land girls on the home front, offer invaluable insight into the sacrifices men and women made for their country. Photographs and illustrations intensify stories of struggle and survival from the trenches, hospitals, prison camps and battlefields. The WWI Memoirs Collection captures the pride and fear of the war as experienced by combatants and non-combatants alike and provides historians, researchers and students extensive perspective on individual emotional responses to the war.

The Great War in the Middle East - the Desert Campaigns & How Jerusalem Was Won (Hardcover): W. T. Massey The Great War in the Middle East - the Desert Campaigns & How Jerusalem Was Won (Hardcover)
W. T. Massey
R779 Discovery Miles 7 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The first two books in an excellent trilogy of the Great War in the Middle East
W. T Massey was the foremost accredited journalist reporting on behalf of the London newspapers covering the Great War in the Middle East as it was fought against the Ottoman Turkish Empire, its German ally and the tribes of the region who threw in their lot with them. He possessed a deeply held conviction that this theatre of operations was far more important than those who only concerned themselves with the conflict in Europe believed. He was particularly aware of the hardships suffered by British and Colonial troops serving in difficult climates and over unrelenting terrain and he became, through his long association with the entire campaign, a champion of those who fought in it. This volume in the two book Leonaur edition-which covers the complete conflict from the war in the Western Desert against the Senussi to the actions at Aleppo and beyond-begins appropriately with the first book, 'The Desert Campaigns' and follows with the campaign that culminated in Allenby's historic walk into Jerusalem in 'How Jerusalem was Won.' Part history, part first hand account this is a valuable history imbued with the insight of one who was there.

Contemptible - A Personal Recollection of the 'Retreat from Mons' by a British Infantry Officer (Hardcover): Casualty Contemptible - A Personal Recollection of the 'Retreat from Mons' by a British Infantry Officer (Hardcover)
Casualty
R662 Discovery Miles 6 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An 'Old Contemptible' recounts the campaign of 1914
At the outbreak of the First World War, units of the British regular army-the B. E. F-were despatched to the continent to assist the French in an attempt to stem the tide of the advancing Imperial German Army as it marched inexorably towards Paris. The enemy viewed the 'Tommies' as 'that contemptible little army.' In that way peculiar to the British the insult became a byword for courage and honour as the highly trained and motivated soldiers in khaki demonstrated just what a contemptible little army could do. However, this was a war of attrition and despite the 'contemptibles' magnificent performance the 'grey horde' could not initially be halted. What followed was the memorable retreat from Mons. The author of this book was a subaltern officer serving in one of the county regiments of the B. E. F and chose as his title for this book the proudly worn designation 'Contemptible.' Although the book was written under a pseudonym it is widely believed that the writer was Arnold Gyde who served with the South Staffordshire Regiment and was one of the first British soldiers to set foot on the continent. Although the account of this vital aspect of the opening months of the conflict is presented in a 'factional' style it is clearly based on the author's first hand experiences.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.

Red Dust - A Classic Account of Australian Light Horsemen in Palestine During the First World War (Hardcover): Donald Black Red Dust - A Classic Account of Australian Light Horsemen in Palestine During the First World War (Hardcover)
Donald Black
R737 Discovery Miles 7 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An intimate portrait of war
There are books which report the experience of war and then there are a few that enable the reader to step into another's life to share war, both in the mind and the flesh. Red Dust is such a book. Written by a trooper of the Australian Light Horse on campaign in the Middle East during the Great War against the Ottoman Turkish empire it tells of 'mateship, ' hard campaigning and brutal conflict-often hand to hand and described in relentless detail. It also allows the reader to share the thoughts of this ordinary man-a man of his time and his country-as he struggles to rationalise the horror and futility of war, his feelings on the loss of comrades, the embryonic sense of otherness from the Imperial motherland and the loss of youth. The action takes place principally in the Jordon Valley in Palestine-a grinding stalemate of a phase in what was often one of fluid manoeuvre. Here the troops experienced fiercely hot days, freezing nights, scorpions and spiders and the ever present threat of the tenacious and respected enemy. Red Dust is a rare book in every sense and will be sure to reward all those interested in the First World War and fine writing.

The Royal Naval Division During the First World War at Gallipoli, and in Europe on the Western Front (Hardcover): Douglas... The Royal Naval Division During the First World War at Gallipoli, and in Europe on the Western Front (Hardcover)
Douglas Jerrold
R812 Discovery Miles 8 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Revolution and Political Violence in Central Europe - The Deluge of 1919 (Hardcover): Eliza Ablovatski Revolution and Political Violence in Central Europe - The Deluge of 1919 (Hardcover)
Eliza Ablovatski
R2,520 Discovery Miles 25 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the wake of the First World War and Russian Revolutions, Central Europeans in 1919 faced a world of possibilities, threats, and extreme contrasts. Dramatic events since the end of the world war seemed poised to transform the world, but the form of that transformation was unclear and violently contested in the streets and societies of Munich and Budapest in 1919. The political perceptions of contemporaries, framed by gender stereotypes and antisemitism, reveal the sense of living history, of 'fighting the world revolution', which was shared by residents of the two cities. In 1919, both revolutionaries and counterrevolutionaries were focused on shaping the emerging new order according to their own worldview. By examining the narratives of these Central European revolutions in their transnational context, Eliza Ablovatski helps answer the question of why so many Germans and Hungarians chose to use their new political power for violence and repression.

The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) - History of the European War from Official Sources (Hardcover): Francis Joseph... The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) - History of the European War from Official Sources (Hardcover)
Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Francis Trevelyan Miller
R1,052 Discovery Miles 10 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

World War I was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 1914 to 1918. Contemporaneously known as the Great War or "the war to end all wars", it led to the mobilisation of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history. This series of Eight volumes provides year by year analysis of the war that resulted in the death of more than 17 million deaths worldwide.

With the Hoods - the Letters of an Officer with the Royal Naval Division at Gallipoli during the First World War, With an... With the Hoods - the Letters of an Officer with the Royal Naval Division at Gallipoli during the First World War, With an Extract on the Gallipoli Campaign from 'The Royal Naval Division' (Hardcover)
Charles Lister, Douglas Jerrold
R703 Discovery Miles 7 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Despatch Rider - The Experiences of a British Army Motorcycle Despatch Rider During the Opening Battles of the Great War in... Despatch Rider - The Experiences of a British Army Motorcycle Despatch Rider During the Opening Battles of the Great War in Europe (Hardcover, New)
W.H.L. Watson
R664 Discovery Miles 6 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A young British soldier who went to war on two wheels
When the Great War broke out, the author of this book decided to leave his university studies and join the struggle. What attracted him immediately was the potential to combine his military service with his love of motorcycles and so it was that he found himself one of a select group of motorcycle despatch riders within the 5th Division of the 'Contemptible Little Army' that went to France and Belgium to halt the overwhelming numerical superiority of the advancing German Army. This book, an account of his experiences in the early months of the war, tells the story of a conflict of fluid manoeuvre and dogged retreat. Together with congested roads filled with military traffic and refugees, the ever present threat of artillery barrage and changing front lines the author had to constantly be aware of the presence of the deadly Uhlans-mounted German Lancers-who were always ready to pitch horseflesh against horsepower.

Wings of War - Two First Hand Accounts of Pilots During the First World War-The Airman by C. Mellor and Brother Bosch by Gerald... Wings of War - Two First Hand Accounts of Pilots During the First World War-The Airman by C. Mellor and Brother Bosch by Gerald Feath (Hardcover)
C. Mellor, Gerald Featherstone Knight
R665 Discovery Miles 6 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Two first accounts by early aviators
This special Leonaur 'good value' edition contains two accounts of the early days of powered flight. The first book, written just before the outbreak of the First World War, describes in depth the training of French military pilots up to the point where they are qualified. It contains much of historical interest and the process is explained, in considerable detail, from the trainee pilot's viewpoint as he grappled to master his machine. His numerous errors and how the aircraft performed as they were made are elaborated. The author came into contact with several types of aircraft and he describes the characteristics, performance and mechanics of each. So this book provides essential insights into the practicalities of being a fighter pilot in the imminent conflict. The second work is by a British pilot who was fully engaged in the air war over France. He was shot down and captured by the 'Bosch, ' he escaped and was again captured, and he underwent many other adventures before finally returning to his homeland. Accounts of pilots and aviation from the pioneer days of flying are comparatively few in number and these two short first hand narratives, essential reading for students of the subject, would have been unlikely to see republication as individual books.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.

The Lean, Brown Men - Experiences in East Africa During the Great War with the 25th Royal Fusiliers-The Legion of Frontiersmen... The Lean, Brown Men - Experiences in East Africa During the Great War with the 25th Royal Fusiliers-The Legion of Frontiersmen (Hardcover)
Angus Buchanan
R667 Discovery Miles 6 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Lean men, brown men, men from overseas,
Men from all the outer world; shy and ill at ease
" There were Canadian Mounties, American cowboys, Arctic explorers, adventurers, rogues, big game hunters and sportsmen. There were famous men like Cherry Kearton, the naturalist and explorer and the grand old man of Africa-Frederick Selous himself. All these men had come together under the Union Flag to do battle against colonial Imperial Germany in East Africa. They came under the command of Driscoll of Driscoll's Scouts who performed with renown during the Boer War. These were the men of the 25th Royal Fusiliers-The Legion of Frontiersmen-and their battlegrounds were to be the great plains of Africa rich in wildlife and elemental danger. This is their story through the years of the Great War told by one of their own officers in vivid detail. It is a story of campaigns and hardship which would be equal to the best of them and lay many a 'lean, brown man' in a shallow grave in the red earth before it was concluded.

The Literary Digest History of the World War, Vol. I (in Ten Volumes, Illustrated) - Compiled from Original and Contemporary... The Literary Digest History of the World War, Vol. I (in Ten Volumes, Illustrated) - Compiled from Original and Contemporary Sources: American, British (Hardcover)
Francis W. Halsey
R1,002 Discovery Miles 10 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The quantity of journalism produced during World War I was unlike anything the then-budding mass media had ever seen. Correspondents at the front were dispatching voluminous reports on a daily basis, and though much of it was subject to censorship, it all eventually became available. It remains the most extraordinary firsthand look at the war that we have. Published immediately after the cessation of hostilities and compiled from those original journalistic sources-American, British, French, German, and others-this is an astonishing contemporary perspective on the Great War. This replica of the first 1919 edition includes all the original maps, photos, and illustrations, lending an even greater immediacy to readers a century later. Volume I covers June through October 1914, from the causes of the war-including how the local matter of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria grew into a global conflagration and the various declarations of war among the world powers-through the early battles on the Western Front. American journalist and historian FRANCIS WHITING HALSEY (1851-1919) was literary editor of The New York Times from 1892 through 1896. He wrote and lectured extensively on history; his works include, as editor, the two-volume Great Epochs in American History Described by Famous Writers, From Columbus to Roosevelt (1912), and, as writer, the 10-volume Seeing Europe with Famous Authors (1914).

A Very Muddy Place - War Stories (Hardcover): Stephen Wendell A Very Muddy Place - War Stories (Hardcover)
Stephen Wendell
R547 Discovery Miles 5 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Means To Prosperity, The Great Slump Of 1930, The Economic Consequences Of The Peace (Hardcover): John Maynard Keynes The Means To Prosperity, The Great Slump Of 1930, The Economic Consequences Of The Peace (Hardcover)
John Maynard Keynes
R536 Discovery Miles 5 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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