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With a focus on mental illness, Shell-shocked British Army veterans
in Ireland provides the first in-depth investigation of disabled
Great War veterans in Ireland. The book is a result of five years
of researching previously untouched archival sources including
psychiatric records of former patients otherwise closed to the
public. The remit of the work contributes to various
historiographical fields including disability history, the social
history of medicine, the cultural history of modern war, the
history of psychiatry and Irish studies. It also seeks to extend
the scope of the First World War with an emphasis on how
war-induced disability and trauma continued to affect large numbers
of ex-servicemen beyond the official cessation of the conflict. --
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An incredible tale of one man's adversity and defiance, for readers
of The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Horace Greasley escaped over 200
times from a notorious German prison camp to see the girl he loved.
This is his incredible true story. A Sunday Times Bestseller - over
60,000 copies sold. Even in the most horrifying places on earth,
hope still lingers in the darkness, waiting for the opportunity to
take flight. When war was declared Horace Greasley was just
twenty-years old. After seven weeks' training with the 2/5th
Battalion, the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, Horace found himself
facing the might of the German Army in a muddy field south of
Cherbourg, in northern France, with just thirty rounds in his
ammunition pouch. Horace's war didn't last long. . . On 25 May 1940
he was taken prisoner and so began the harrowing journey to a
prisoner-of-war camp in Poland. Those who survived the gruelling
ten-week march to the camp were left broken and exhausted, all
chance of escape seemingly extinguished. But when Horace met Rosa,
the daughter of one of his captors, his story changed; fate, it
seemed, had thrown him a lifeline. Horace risked everything in
order to steal out of the camp to see his love, bringing back
supplies for his fellow prisoners. In doing so he offered hope to
his comrades, and defiance to one of the most brutal regimes in
history.
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Silke Muth, Peter Schneider, Mike Schnelle, Peter De Staebler
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Dedicated to the investigation of fortifications as important and
integral elements of ancient built space, the present volume
results from the activity of the German based international
research network Fokus Fortifikation. Ancient Fortifications in the
Eastern Mediterranean and is intended as a guide to research on
ancient fortifications and a source of inspiration for new
research. Ancient city walls and other fortification structures
have long been underestimated. Since the early years of the 21st
century, research on ancient fortifications has experienced an
international boom, particularly amongst young researchers. They
approached the study of fortifications with fresh ideas and new
aims, and felt the need to discuss the problems and potentials of
these monuments and to develop harmonised research methods and
objectives. The outcome is the present bilingual (English and
German) book, which offers a condensed view of the network's
extended conversations. The goal is not so much to offer an
overview on the development of ancient fortifications, but rather
to present versatile and diverse approaches to their research and
interpretation and to serve as a kick-off for a new understanding
of this category of ancient buildings. The book is divided into two
parts: the first part includes 12 chapters on methods of
interpretation, documentation, and field project organisation; the
systematic description and presentation of fortifications;
the'building experience'; masonry forms and techniques; defensive,
symbolic, and urbanistic functions and aspects; on fortifications
in written sources, the visual arts, and as a historical source;
and on regional and rural fortifications, and regionally confined
phenomena. Part two is a catalogue that offers exemplary
presentations of fortifications studied by network members; it is
arranged in four sections: regions, sites, architectural elements
and architectural details. The book is Volume 1 in the new series
Fokus Fortifikation Studies. Volume 2 in the series, Focus on
Fortification: New Research on Fortifications in the Ancient
Mediterranean and the Near East (Oxbow Books), the proceedings of
an international conference held in Athens in December 2012, will
also appear in 2015.
It was a war that shaped the modern world, fought on five
continents, claiming the lives of ten million people. Two great
nations met each other on the field of battle for the first time.
But were they so very different? For the first time, and drawing
widely on archive material in the form of original letters and
diaries, Peter Doyle and Robin Schafer bring together the two
sides, 'Fritz' and 'Tommy', to examine cultural and military
nuances that have until now been left untouched: their approaches
to war, their lives at the front, their greatest fears and their
hopes for the future. The soldiers on both sides went to war with
high ideals; they experienced horror and misery, but also
comradeship/Kameradschaft. And with increasing alienation from the
people at home, they drew closer together, 'the Hun' transformed
into 'good old Jerry' by the war's end. This unique collaboration
is a refreshing yet touching examination of how little truly
divided the men on either side of no-man'sland during the First
World War.
This is the quite remarkable and true story of Squadron Leader
Derek J. Sharp AFC BSc Dip Comp JP RAF and his incredible
adventures. Nothing perhaps was more astonishing than his survival
after meeting a Mallard duck at 500 mph and his subsequent fight
back to become a pilot in command once again. That he survived to
age 30 was amazing, that he continued unashamedly on to a ripe old
age was nothing short of a miracle. Conceivably he followed the
advice written on a fridge magnet in his kitchen `Never drive
faster than your Guardian Angel can fly'. Those who knew him would
say not a chance! This fascinating book follows the adventures of
Sharp from spotty schoolboy to highly respect aviator. He flew
everything from fighters to heavy transport, wise old navigators
and Her Majesty The Queen. He joined a flying club called the Royal
Air Force and unexpectedly found himself at war. That mirrored his
namesake, Pilot Officer Derek Sharp who lost his life in a
Lancaster in WW2. He lived in a time long before Political
Correctness, the Breathalyser and motorcar safety checks. He
achieved all that he set out to do, and more. That would
undoubtedly be his epitaph.
For over twenty years the battlecruiser HMS 'Hood' toured the world
as the most iconic warship in the Royal Navy. Unmatched in her
beauty and charisma, 'Hood' is one of history's greatest warships.
During the twilight years of the British Empire the 'Hood 'toured
the world showing the flag as a symbol of British power. As the
Royal Navy's show-ship, 'Hood' came to command a special place in
the hearts and minds of the British public. Such was the regard for
HMS 'Hood' that her destruction in the Denmark Strait on the
morning of 24 May 1941 by the German battleship 'Bismarck' created
dismay across the world. Within minutes of entering battle 'the
Mighty Hood' as she was affectionately known, was destroyed by a
catastrophic explosion which had echoes of Jutland a quarter of a
century earlier. Out of a crew of a crew of 1,418, only 3 survived.
The sinking of HMS 'Hood' was the single largest disaster ever
sustained by the Royal Navy. This book charts the life and death of
this legendary battlecruiser in both peace and war from her early
origins, through the interwar years, to her destruction.
After serving in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide and civil war,
Lieutenant Colonel Stephane Grenier returned to Canada haunted by
his experiences. Facing post-traumatic stress disorder and an
archaic establishment, he spent ten years confronting -- and
changing -- the military mental health system from within. Coining
the term "Operational Stress Injury" to allow the military to see
mental injury in the same light as a physical wound, Grenier
founded the Operational Stress Injury Social Support program that
provides help for mentally injured soldiers and veterans. Since
retiring from the military in 2012, his groundbreaking approach has
been adopted by civilian society. Through his social enterprise
Mental Health Innovations, Grenier delivers his direct "walk the
talk" method to improve mental well being in government and
business.
What would you do if you were struck by an enemy bullet in wartime,
then realised you were still alive? For most of us, that would be
the end of our fight. If we were capable of thought while we tried
to cope with the pain, we'd probably hope to be rushed to hospital
so that someone could save our lives. But a hundred years ago, in
the opening battle of the First World War at Mons, two young men
didn't react like that. Lieutenant Maurice Dease and Private Sidney
Godley, born only weeks apart into sharply contrasting worlds,
shared the same defiance and steely streak. Without a thought for
themselves, they went back into the action for more, sustaining
dreadful wounds in the process. One man died, the other lived -
pieced back together painstakingly by the Germans, who had taken
many casualties of their own while overrunning the British
position. Together, and against the odds, Dease and Godley became
the first winners of the Victoria Cross in the First World War.
Here Mark Ryan uses contemporary documentation and images to tell
their astounding, fascinating stories, putting the focus on two
genuine and ordinary heroes of the Great War.
For nearly 20 years, the Army has had limited success in developing
an information network -- sensors, software, and radios to give
soldiers the exact information they need, when they need it, in any
environment. Such a network is expected to improve situational
awareness and decision making in combat. Under its network
modernisation strategy, the Army is implementing a new agile
process intended to leverage industry technology solutions. The
Army has taken a number of steps to begin executing its network
strategy and agile process, including establishing a baseline
network architecture for Army communications. The Army's agile
process involves seven phases and three decision points to allow
officials to quickly evaluate emerging networking technologies to
determine if they address capability gaps and can be deployed to
the field. However, the network strategy is still evolving and the
Army has not yet executed one full cycle of the agile process. This
book addresses the extent to which the Army's network strategy and
agile process addresses cost, technology maturity, security, and
readiness; and the Army's strategy for facing other risks and
challenges. This book also examines the results of the Network
Integration Evaluations (NIEs) conducted to date and the extent to
which the Army has procured and fielded network solutions, and Army
actions to enhance the NIE process.
By August 1918 fortune was on the side of the Allies: America was
increasing its contribution of troops and equipment substantially;
the morale of the German Army was sinking as it failed to deliver
the desired 'knock out blow'; and Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
found a new confidence, firmly believing that the Allies could at
last push the Germans out of France and Belgium. This volume of the
best-selling VCs of the First World War series covers the fifty
days of the Allied advance from 8 August to 26 September 1918.
Arranged chronologically, it tells the story of the sixty-four VC
winners during this period. The recipients came from many
countries, including Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand;
some never lived to know that they had been awarded for their
extraordinary bravery, while others returned home to face an
uncertain future. This is their story.
In Strategy and Command, David Horner provides an important insight
into the strategic decisions and military commanders who shaped
Australia's army history from the Boer War to the evolution of the
command structure for the Australian Defence Force in the 2000s. He
examines strategic decisions such as whether to go to war, the
nature of the forces to be committed to the war, where the forces
should be deployed and when to reduce the Australian commitment.
The book also recounts decisions made by commanders at the highest
level, which are passed on to those at the operational level, who
are then required to produce their own plans to achieve the
government's aims through military operations. Strategy and Command
is a compilation of research and writing on military history by one
of Australia's pre-eminent military historians. It is a crucial
read for anyone interested in Australia's involvement in
20th-century wars.
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Make Your Bed: ten
lessons on overcoming barriers, building confidence and finding new
inspiration and motivation. In the course of his distinguished
career Admiral William H. McRaven has met some truly exceptional
people, from the men and women he served alongside in the Navy
SEALS, to inspiring doctors, scientists, politicians and
philanthropists. Drawing on stories of their incredible strength,
humility and courage, Admiral McRaven has distilled the Hero Code -
the ten habits that make ordinary people capable of extraordinary
things. This book will show how we can all persevere to rise above
our failures, use humour as a source of strength and inspire trust
through integrity, as well as offering practical advice on rising
to the occasion, coping with setbacks and becoming our best selves.
Above all, this book offers simple and practical wisdom that we can
all use to find encouragement, inspiration and optimism for the new
year.
The United States is embroiled in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan
- wars that seem as far from our understanding as they are distant
from our shores. With American Veterans on War, Elise Forbes Tripp
brings our current wars and their predecessors home in the words of
55 veterans aged 20 to 90. The veterans raise questions about when
wars are worth fighting, what missions can and can't be won, and
the costs and benefits of US intervention, both around the world
and domestically. Recent veterans tell wrenching stories of coping
with hostile forces without uniforms, of not knowing who is friend
or foe, and of the lasting traces of combat once they've returned
home. American Veterans on War provides a sweeping overview of
three-quarters of a century of American wars, properly grounding
that history in the words of the men and women whose bodies were on
the line. Elise Forbes Tripp is a graduate of Harvard University
and received her Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies (S.A.I.S.) in International Relations and US
Foreign Policy. She is the author of Surviving Iraq: Soldiers'
Stories." Haunted and haunting, the voices of Elise Tripp's
collection of interviews with the military who have served in
recent and not so recent battles reminds us anew how easily wars
begin and how difficult it is for them to end. American Veterans on
War is not only readable but honorable in a variety of ways
including as journalism, as history, and as an act of public
service." - Nicholas Katzenbach, WW II B-25 bomber pilot and POW,
Distinguished Flying Cross with 51 missions over Italy, Deputy
Attorney General under President Kennedy and Attorney General under
President Johnson
'Soul Repair' will help veterans, their families, members of their
communities, and chaplains to understand the impact of war on the
consciences of healthy people, to support the recovery of moral
conscience in society, and to restore veterans to civilian life.
When a society sends people off to war, it must accept
responsibility for returning them home to peace.
Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction. The
extraordinary and forgotten story of the building of the World War
One cemeteries, due to the efforts of one remarkable man, Fabian
Ware. In the wake of the First World War, Britain and her Empire
faced the enormous question of how to bury the dead.
Critically-acclaimed author David Crane describes how the horror of
the slaughter motivated an ambulance commander named Fabian Ware to
establish the Commonwealth war cemeteries. Behind these famous
monuments - the Cenotaph, Tyne Cot, Menin Gate, Etaples amongst
them - lies a deeply moving story; 'Empires of the Dead' chronicles
a generation coming to terms with grief on a colossal scale.
Two combat-related conditions that affect some veterans who have
served in Iraq and Afghanistan and that have generated widespread
concern among policymakers are post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD), and traumatic brain injury (TBI). This book explores the
clinical care that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the
health care system within the Department of Veterans Affairs,
provides for recent combat veterans; VHA's co-ordination with the
Department of Defense for the care of service members returning
from Iraq and Afghanistan; the prevalence of PTSD and TBI among
veterans of those conflicts and the occurrence of those conditions
among recent combat veterans using VHA's services; and the costs to
VHA of providing care and management to recent combat veterans for
these conditions.
A broad range of medical care services and benefits are offered to
veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. This book examines a variety of
medical conditions which afflict veterans, basic eligibility
criteria for VA administered veterans' benefits, types of medical
care offered and social policy considerations. Topics include
suicide and VA prevention efforts; PTSD and substance use among
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
veterans; traumatic brain injury among veterans; veterans' mental
health; VA community living centres; outpatient clinics; and
veterans' medical care appropriations.
Since the end of the Second World War, the role of women in the
military has been evolving. Changes to laws and Department of
Defense (DOD) policies have either eliminated or clarified
restrictions on women serving in the military. A 2011 Military
Leadership Diversity Commission reported that women comprise more
than 50 percent of the recruiting pool for the officer corps.
Public Law 113-291 included a provision for United States
Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the Armed Forces
outreach and recruitment efforts directed at womens representation
in the officer corps, among other things. This book evaluates the
extent to which accessions of women into the officer corps have
increased, and DOD and the Coast Guard have determined resources
and funding to increase the accessions of women into the officer
corps; and DOD and the Coast Guard have initiatives and an
oversight framework to increase the recruitment and accessions of
female officers.
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