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

The Retreat from Mons (Hardcover): George Stuart Gordon The Retreat from Mons (Hardcover)
George Stuart Gordon
R658 R614 Discovery Miles 6 140 Save R44 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Letters, Vol. 1 (Hardcover): Otto Dix Letters, Vol. 1 (Hardcover)
Otto Dix; Translated by Mark Kanak; Introduction by Ulrike Lorenz
R819 R722 Discovery Miles 7 220 Save R97 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Rationed Life - Science, Everyday Life, and Working-Class Politics in the Bohemian Lands, 1914-1918 (Hardcover): Rudolf Kucera Rationed Life - Science, Everyday Life, and Working-Class Politics in the Bohemian Lands, 1914-1918 (Hardcover)
Rudolf Kucera
R3,015 Discovery Miles 30 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Far from the battlefront, hundreds of thousands of workers toiled in Bohemian factories over the course of World War I, and their lives were inescapably shaped by the conflict. In particular, they faced new and dramatic forms of material hardship that strained social ties and placed in sharp relief the most mundane aspects of daily life, such as when, what, and with whom to eat. This study reconstructs the experience of the Bohemian working class during the Great War through explorations of four basic spheres-food, labor, gender, and protest-that comprise a fascinating case study in early twentieth-century social history.

The Liverpool Rifles at War, 1914-18-The History of the 2/6th (Rifle) Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1914-1919... The Liverpool Rifles at War, 1914-18-The History of the 2/6th (Rifle) Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1914-1919 by C. E. Wurtzburg and an Account of the Battles of Messines, Passchendaele and Cambrai by Charles Cruttwell (Hardcover)
C E Wurtzburg, Charles Cruttwell
R1,206 Discovery Miles 12 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Lloyd George and the Lost Peace - From Versailles to Hitler, 1919-1940 (Hardcover): A. Lentin Lloyd George and the Lost Peace - From Versailles to Hitler, 1919-1940 (Hardcover)
A. Lentin
R2,865 Discovery Miles 28 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This lively book re-evaluates six salient aspects of Lloyd George's role in the "lost peace" of Versailles. In a reexamination of six controversial episodes 1919-1940, it reviews his protean role at the Paris Peace conference, 1919, his strategy on reparations, his abortive guarantee treaty to France, and the emergence at the Conference of Appeasement. It then reassesses his controversial visit to Hitler, and his bids to halt WWII after the fall of Poland and France.

Smashing Through the World War with Fighting Battery C. (Hardcover): Edward D Sirois, William McGinnis Smashing Through the World War with Fighting Battery C. (Hardcover)
Edward D Sirois, William McGinnis
R950 Discovery Miles 9 500 Ships in 12 - 19 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.

Woodrow Wilson - The First World War and Modern Internationalism (Paperback): Michael R. Cude Woodrow Wilson - The First World War and Modern Internationalism (Paperback)
Michael R. Cude
R1,228 Discovery Miles 12 280 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

• Designed to be concise yet comprehensive with the undergraduate student in mind • Will serve as a companion to many secondary and primary sources on Wilson • Contains primary source documents to help bring the subject to life

The Way of the Air - Aircraft & Airmen of the First World War 1914-1918 (Hardcover): Edgar C. Middleton The Way of the Air - Aircraft & Airmen of the First World War 1914-1918 (Hardcover)
Edgar C. Middleton
R768 Discovery Miles 7 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The dawn of combat in the air
Today everyone is so familiar with aircraft, air travel and the fact that virtually every nation's defence force includes an aerial component, so it is easy to forget that there are many people still alive whose parents were born before any practical form of working aircraft. The Wright Brothers had achieved sustained heavier than air flight in 1903-just over 100 years ago; that was only eleven years before the outbreak of the First World War, the first war in which combat took to the the skies. During the four years of the conflict the potential for aircraft in all their various forms and in all their viable tactical roles was pursued and exploited as much as the technology of the time would allow. This change in the nature of warfare (which added the first new dimension to conflict in millennia) was seen as incredible to many at the time. Certainly the impetus given to the development of powered flight by the First World War cannot be overestimated. A number of books were written during those early days of air warfare, though their number remains comparatively few, some were written by aviators themselves and some were general or unit histories. Others gathered incidents, experiences and anecdotes into anthologies which enabled an eager readership to understand what combat in the skies actually involved. This is one of those books. It covers pilot training and includes, among other things, accounts of aerial warfare from the allied perspective including night flights, bombing, Zeppelin hunting, raids, dog fights and sea-plane activity. 'The Way of the Air' concludes with an interesting hypothesis of how manned flight could have developed in the post-war period. This interesting First World War 'reader' will be a welcome addition to the libraries of all those interested in the early days of aerial warfare.
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 Supreme Control at the Paris Peace Conference 1919 (Routledge Revivals) - A Commentary (Hardcover): Donald Hankey The Supreme Control at the Paris Peace Conference 1919 (Routledge Revivals) - A Commentary (Hardcover)
Donald Hankey
R4,476 Discovery Miles 44 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book, first published in 1963, discusses the events of the Paris Peace Conference- the meeting of Allied victors following the end of World War I to set peace terms. Lord Hankey discusses the political and military terms and issues, as well as those of individual countries. This book is ideal for students of modern history.

Guynemer - Chevalier of the Air (Hardcover): Henry Bordeaux, Mary R Parkman Guynemer - Chevalier of the Air (Hardcover)
Henry Bordeaux, Mary R Parkman
R867 Discovery Miles 8 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Georges Guynemer, Knight of the Air
by Henry Bordeaux
The Chevalier of Flight: Captain Guynemer
by Mary R. Parkman
'Until one has given all, one has given nothing'
Georges Guynemer
This special Leonaur edition contains two accounts of one the most most honoured French fighter aces of the First World War, Georges Guynemer. Born into a wealthy Parisian family, Guynemer was a sickly child and was initially rejected for military service, but through determination and perseverance he was first accepted as a mechanic in the opening year of the war and later qualified as a pilot flying a Morane-Saulnier aircraft in Escadrille MS. 3. In 1915 the squadron was renamed Escadrille N. 3 and re-equipped with Nieuport 10 fighter aircraft. It was while flying the Nieuport that Guynemer became an acknowledged 'ace' and established himself as a hero of his nation. By the end of 1916 he had 25 'kills' to his credit and his face-and his famous aircraft with the stork insignia-had became iconic. Lionised by the press and now influential, Guynemer involved himself in aircraft development and in 1917, flying a Spad VII-one of the aircraft he had helped improve-he was the first pilot to shoot down a German Gotha GIII heavy bomber. By July 1917 Guynemer had chalked up 50 kills. Shy and embarrassed by the attention he received as a national figure, Guynemer struggled with his fame, but this, ironically, made him even more attractive to a public eager for a 'chevalier' to divert their thoughts from the industrial scale, grinding attrition of the trenches. Georges Guynemer was reported lost in action over Belgium in September 1917 at the age of 22. Awarded many of his country's highest honours he remained an inspirational figure to the French throughout the Great War.
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 American Legionnaires - Accounts of Two Notable Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion During the First World War-"L. M.... The American Legionnaires - Accounts of Two Notable Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion During the First World War-"L. M. 8046" by David Wooster King & Letters and Diary of Alan Seeger by Alan Seeger (Hardcover)
David Wooster King, Alan Seeger
R871 Discovery Miles 8 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Great War and Modern Memory (Hardcover, Anniversary): Paul Fussell The Great War and Modern Memory (Hardcover, Anniversary)
Paul Fussell
R910 Discovery Miles 9 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The year 2000 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of one of the most original and gripping volumes ever written about the First World War. Fussell illuminates a war that changed a generation and revolutionized the way we see the world. He explores the British experience on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918, focusing on the various literary means by which it has been remembered, conventionalized and mythologized. It is also about the literary dimensions of the experience itself. Fussell supplies contexts both actual and literary, for writers who have most effectively memorialized the great War as an historical experience with conspicuous imaginative and artisitc meaning. These writers include the classic memoirists Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves and Edmund Blunden, and poets David Jones, Isaac rosenberg, and Wilfred Owen. In a new introduction Fussell discusses the critical responses to his work, and the books that have influenced his writing and thinking about war. Fussell also shares the stirring experience of his research at the Imperial War Museum's Department of Documents. Fussell includes a new Suggested Further Reading List.

The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's) During the First World War 1914-1918 (Hardcover): Fred W.... The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's) During the First World War 1914-1918 (Hardcover)
Fred W. Ward
R765 Discovery Miles 7 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A famous battalion on the Western Front
The appalling losses to the British regular army during the first period of the Great War prompted the creation of the New Army-an enormous influx of citizen soldiers driven by feelings of patriotism determined to 'do their bit' for the cause. Such a massive increase in the size of the army required a huge expansion in the number of battalions to accommodate them. These came under a myriad of identities-public schools, chums, footballers etc-and included adding battalions to well known regiments of the regular army. The Royal Fusiliers gained many such battalions and the subject of this book, the 23rd, was one of the most notable. As its name suggests the battalion attracted a distinctive type-particularly those with a spirit of sportsmanship and adventure. The war service of this battalion was as exemplary as any that served on the Western Front and the places it fought-listed in detail within these pages-are a catalogue of the famous actions of the conflict, though perhaps its greatest day of reckoning came at Delville Wood in 1916 during the Somme offensive. Available in soft cover and hard cover with dust jacket for collectors.

German Reparations, 1919 - 1932 - A Historical Survey (Hardcover): L. Gomes German Reparations, 1919 - 1932 - A Historical Survey (Hardcover)
L. Gomes
R2,875 Discovery Miles 28 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides a historical narrative to tell the story of interwar German reparations the debates, controversies and diplomacy surrounding the issue from the 1919 Paris peace conference to the abandonment of reparations at the Lausanne Conference in 1932.

Spies of the Kaiser - German Covert Operations in Great Britain During the First World War Era (Hardcover, 2004 ed.): T.... Spies of the Kaiser - German Covert Operations in Great Britain During the First World War Era (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)
T. Boghardt
R2,875 Discovery Miles 28 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Spies of the Kaiser" examines the scope and objectives of German covert operations in Great Britain before and during the First World War. It assesses the effect of German espionage on Anglo-German relations and discusses the extent to which the fear of German espionage in the United Kingdom shaped the British intelligence community in the early twentieth century. The study is based on original archival material, including hitherto unexploited German records and recently declassified British documents.

Woodrow Wilson - British Perspectives, 1912-21 (Hardcover): G. R Conyne Woodrow Wilson - British Perspectives, 1912-21 (Hardcover)
G. R Conyne
R2,878 Discovery Miles 28 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book shows the strong influence of judgements made of Wilson by the British diplomatists during the early years of his national prominence (1912-1914) on the way the British dealt with Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference. It also shows the strong effect which practitioners of the so-called "Old Diplomacy" had on Lloyd George on this key issue of wartime and peace diplomacy. It shows that the British diplomatists viewed Wilson as a very successful American politician, but not as a prophet, or saviour. The religious imagery used by certain historians and more junior British diplomats, such as Harold Nicolson and John Maynard Keynes does not reflect the views of their more senior colleagues.

Faithful in Adversity - The Experiences of Two Army Surgeons During the First World War-A Surgeon in Khaki by Arthur Anderson... Faithful in Adversity - The Experiences of Two Army Surgeons During the First World War-A Surgeon in Khaki by Arthur Anderson Martin & a Surge (Hardcover)
Arthur Anderson Martin, H S Souttar
R957 Discovery Miles 9 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Paris War Days - Diary of an American (Hardcover): Charles Inman Barnard Paris War Days - Diary of an American (Hardcover)
Charles Inman Barnard
R736 R681 Discovery Miles 6 810 Save R55 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Cameliers - A Classic Account of the Australians of the Imperial Camel Corps During the First World War in the Middle East... The Cameliers - A Classic Account of the Australians of the Imperial Camel Corps During the First World War in the Middle East (Hardcover, New)
Oliver Hogue
R817 Discovery Miles 8 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The famous camel borne infantry of the Middle East campaigns
Oliver Hogue's account of the Imperial Camel Corps in action during the desert and Palestine campaigns of the First World War is one of the first books written on the subject shortly after the events themselves took place. Hogue was a serving Australian soldier with the unit and so had the advantage of witnessing the events portrayed here at first hand. His is an easy reading, personable and journalistic style-very much of its day-which weaves a romance into this story of war against the declining Ottoman Turkish Empire and it's German allies. There are very few books concerning the Camel Corps and this is a true rarity and its re-publication after so many years will be warmly greeted by aficionados of the subject.

Why We Are at War [microform] - Great Britain's Case (Hardcover): University of Oxford Faculty of Modern Why We Are at War [microform] - Great Britain's Case (Hardcover)
University of Oxford Faculty of Modern
R930 Discovery Miles 9 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Atlas and Plat Book of Lapeer County, Michigan (Hardcover): Iowa) Kenyon Company (Des Moines, Lapeer County Press (Firm) Atlas and Plat Book of Lapeer County, Michigan (Hardcover)
Iowa) Kenyon Company (Des Moines, Lapeer County Press (Firm)
R821 Discovery Miles 8 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Irish Regiments During the Great War - Two Linked Accounts of the Fighting During the First World War 1914-1918-The Irish at... Irish Regiments During the Great War - Two Linked Accounts of the Fighting During the First World War 1914-1918-The Irish at the Front & The Irish at the Somme (Hardcover)
Michael Macdonagh
R910 Discovery Miles 9 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Two linked books of the Irish on many fronts of the Great War
This book concerns the service of the regiments of the British Army raised in Ireland before and during the First World War together with those with Irish affiliations. So within its pages readers will discover not only The Irish Guards, the Connaught Rangers, The Royal Munster Fusiliers and many other regiments with long and venerable histories and battle honours but also the London Irish, the Tyneside Irish and the battalions of the new army. Each chapter features a particular front or action providing an excellent overview of the Irish in action throughout the conflict. Here we join them on the Retreat from Mons, on the Gallipoli peninsula, at Loos and during the Somme offensive. No account of the Irish could possibly be complete without the inclusion, as here, of anecdotes from the irrepressible Irish soldier himself, with all his wry humour and indomitable bravery and fighting prowess. This book brings together two volumes on the same theme by the same author. Available in softcover and hardcover with dust jacket.

'A Student in Arms' - Donald Hankey and Edwardian Society at War (Hardcover, New edition): Ross Davies 'A Student in Arms' - Donald Hankey and Edwardian Society at War (Hardcover, New edition)
Ross Davies
R2,893 Discovery Miles 28 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Donald Hankey was a writer who saw himself as a 'student of human nature' and peacetime Edwardian Britain as a society at war with itself. Wounded in a murderous daylight infantry charge near Ypres, Hankey began sending despatches to The Spectator from hospital in 1915. Trench life, wrote Hankey, taught that 'the gentleman' is a type not a social class. In one calm, humane, eyewitness report after another under the byline 'A Student in Arms', Hankey revealed how the civilian volunteers of Kitchener's Army, many with little stake in Edwardian society, put their betters to shame nonetheless. A runaway best-seller on both sides of the Atlantic, Hankey's prose vied in popularity with the poetry of Rupert Brooke. After he was killed on the Somme in another daylight infantry charge, Hankey joined Brooke as an international symbol of promise foregone. British propaganda backed publication in the-then neutral United States, yet at home Hankey had to dodge the censors to tell the truth as he saw it. This, the first scholarly biography, has been made possible by the recovery of Hankey papers long thought lost. Dr Davies traces the life of an Edwardian rebel from privileged birth into a banking dynasty that had owned slaves to spokesman for the ordinary man who, when put to the test of battle, proves to be not-so-ordinary. This study of Hankey's life, writing and vast audience - military and civilian - enlarges our understanding of how throughout the English-speaking world people managed to fight or endure a war for which little had prepared them.

Hunting the Hun (Hardcover): James Belton, E. G. Odell Hunting the Hun (Hardcover)
James Belton, E. G. Odell
R991 Discovery Miles 9 910 Ships in 12 - 19 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.

With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia - The 2nd Battalion, the Black Watch in Iraq During the First World War, 1916-1917... With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia - The 2nd Battalion, the Black Watch in Iraq During the First World War, 1916-1917 (Hardcover)
H. John Blampied
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A highland regiment at war in the East
When this book was originally published both the regiment and author remained anonymous. Today we know it concerns the wartime experiences of the 2nd Battalion, The Black Watch and that its author-an officer of the regiment-was Blampied. To make the book more relevant to modern readers references to the regiment, division etc. have been inserted into this edition. The war in Mesopotamia-known as Iraq since the 6th century-against the Ottoman Turkish empire was very different to the experience of the Western Front, but the fighting could be no less fierce and in one of its earliest engagements the regiment suffered terribly, providing yet another example of how the Great War destroyed 'family' regiments in minutes.
This book provides an excellent insight into a highland regiment at war and is particularly interesting since the theatre of operations is familiar as the same one as the most recent conflict in the region.

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