Before My Helpless Sight

Before My Helpless Sight
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 546
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ISBN-10 : 9781472454836
ISBN-13 : 1472454839
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Before My Helpless Sight by : Dr Leo van Bergen

Despite the numerous vicious conflicts that scarred the twentieth century, the horrors of the Western Front continue to exercise a particularly strong hold on the modern imagination. The unprecedented scale and mechanization of the war changed forever the way suffering and dying were perceived and challenged notions of what the nations could reasonably expect of their military. Examining experiences of the Western Front, this book looks at the life of a soldier from the moment he marched into battle until he was buried. In five chapters - Battle, Body, Mind, Aid, Death - it describes and analyzes the physical and mental hardship of the men who fought on a front that stretched from the Belgian coast to the Swiss border. Beginning with a broad description of the war it then analyzes the medical aid the Tommies, Bonhommes and Frontschweine received - or all too often did not receive - revealing how this aid was often given for military and political rather than humanitarian reasons (getting the men back to the front or munitions factory and trying to spare the state as many war-pensions as possible). It concludes with a chapter on the many ways death presented itself on or around the battlefield, and sets out in detail the problems that arise when more people are killed than can possibly be buried properly. In contrast to most books in the field this study does not focus on one single issue - such as venereal disease, plastic surgery, shell-shock or the military medical service - but takes a broad view on wounds and illnesses across both sides of the conflict. Drawing on British, French, German, Belgian and Dutch sources it shows the consequences of modern warfare on the human individuals caught up in it, and the way it influences our thinking on 'humanitarian' activities.

Dulce Et Decorum Est

Dulce Et Decorum Est
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 104
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ISBN-10 : 1527218252
ISBN-13 : 9781527218253
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Dulce Et Decorum Est by : WILFRED. OWEN

Before My Helpless Sight

Before My Helpless Sight
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 539
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ISBN-10 : 9781317175698
ISBN-13 : 1317175697
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Before My Helpless Sight by : Leo van Bergen

Despite the numerous vicious conflicts that scarred the twentieth century, the horrors of the Western Front continue to exercise a particularly strong hold on the modern imagination. The unprecedented scale and mechanization of the war changed forever the way suffering and dying were perceived and challenged notions of what the nations could reasonably expect of their military. Examining experiences of the Western Front, this book looks at the life of a soldier from the moment he marched into battle until he was buried. In five chapters - Battle, Body, Mind, Aid, Death - it describes and analyzes the physical and mental hardship of the men who fought on a front that stretched from the Belgian coast to the Swiss border. Beginning with a broad description of the war it then analyzes the medical aid the Tommies, Bonhommes and Frontschweine received - or all too often did not receive - revealing how this aid was often given for military and political rather than humanitarian reasons (getting the men back to the front or munitions factory and trying to spare the state as many war-pensions as possible). It concludes with a chapter on the many ways death presented itself on or around the battlefield, and sets out in detail the problems that arise when more people are killed than can possibly be buried properly. In contrast to most books in the field this study does not focus on one single issue - such as venereal disease, plastic surgery, shell-shock or the military medical service - but takes a broad view on wounds and illnesses across both sides of the conflict. Drawing on British, French, German, Belgian and Dutch sources it shows the consequences of modern warfare on the human individuals caught up in it, and the way it influences our thinking on 'humanitarian' activities.

World War I Poetry

World War I Poetry
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Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Total Pages : 153
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ISBN-10 : 9781788880190
ISBN-13 : 1788880196
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis World War I Poetry by : Edith Wharton

The horrors of the First World War released a great outburst of emotional poetry from the soldiers who fought in it as well as many other giants of world literature. Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke and W B Yeats are just some of the poets whose work is featured in this anthology. The raw emotion unleashed in these poems still has the power to move readers today. As well as poems detailing the miseries of war there are poems on themes of bravery, friendship and loyalty, and this collection shows how even in the depths of despair the human spirit can still triumph.

The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen

The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen
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Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Total Pages : 196
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ISBN-10 : 9780811223676
ISBN-13 : 0811223671
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen by : Wilfred Owen

“The very content of Owen’s poems was, and still is, pertinent to the feelings of young men facing death and the terrors of war.” —The New York Times Book Review Wilfred Owen was twenty-two when he enlisted in the Artists’ Rifle Corps during World War I. By the time Owen was killed at the age of 25 at the Battle of Sambre, he had written what are considered the most important British poems of WWI. This definitive edition is based on manuscripts of Owen’s papers in the British Museum and other archives.

Poems

Poems
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 68
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ISBN-10 : UCBK:C046864796
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Poems by : Wilfred Owen

Poetry of the First World War

Poetry of the First World War
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Publisher : MacMillan Collector's Library
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1909621005
ISBN-13 : 9781909621008
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Poetry of the First World War by : Marcus Clapham

The First World War was the first industrialised war in Europe, and produced horrors undreamt of by the young men who gaily volunteered for service in a war that was supposed to be over by Christmas. From the patriotic enthusiasm of Rupert Brooke through the disillusionment of Charles Hamilton Sorley to the bitter denunciations of Sassoon, Owen and Rosenberg, the war produced an astonishing outpouring of powerful poetry. The major poets are all represented here, as well as many whose voices are less well known. This anthology is illustrated with contemporary motifs.

Debussy's Paris

Debussy's Paris
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9781442269835
ISBN-13 : 1442269839
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Debussy's Paris by : Catherine Kautsky

Claude Debussy’s exquisite piano works have captivated generations with their dreamlike atmosphere and mysterious soundscapes. Written in Paris at the height of the Belle Époque, the music creates a soundtrack for Parisians’ enjoyment of such delights as clowns, mermaids, eccentric dances, and the dark tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Debussy’s Paris: Piano Portraits of the Belle Époque explores how key works reflect not only the most appealing and innocent aspects of Paris but also more disquieting attitudes of the time such as racism, colonial domination, and nationalistic hostility. Debussy left no avenue unexplored, and his piano works present a sweeping overview of the passions, vices, and obsessions of the era. Pianist Catherine Kautsky reveals little-known elements of Parisian culture and weaves the music, the man, the city, and the era into an indissoluble whole. Her portrait will delight anyone who has ever been entranced by Debussy’s music or the city that inspired it.

The First World War – A Marxist Analysis of the Great Slaughter

The First World War – A Marxist Analysis of the Great Slaughter
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Publisher : Wellred Books
Total Pages : 239
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ISBN-10 : 9781913026134
ISBN-13 : 1913026132
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis The First World War – A Marxist Analysis of the Great Slaughter by : Alan Woods

On 28 June 1914, two pistol shots shattered the peace of a sunny afternoon in Sarajevo. Those shots reverberated around Europe and shattered the peace of the whole world. This was the beginning of the Great Slaughter. Could it have been avoided? Alan Woods uses the method of Marxism to answer this question. He explains that, actually, whilst individuals play an important role in history, to explain events such as wars, one must look at deeper causes. As well as dealing with the origin of the war, Woods traces the conflict through its development, looking at the role of all the major actors, and their aims. He shows how in the midst of the despair of the trenches and the home front, a new consciousness was formed. He also makes the case that it was the German Revolution that brought the war to an end, and how a revolutionary wave swept across Europe. The book also looks at the Treaty of Versailles and how the victorious powers imposed the deal, not just on Germany, but the rest of Europe and the Middle East. Given the amount of nationalistic mystification from all sides about the First World War, a history of the subject from the standpoint of the world working class is essential and it is provided by this book.

The Crooked Inheritance

The Crooked Inheritance
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Publisher : Knopf
Total Pages : 178
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ISBN-10 : 9780307494665
ISBN-13 : 0307494667
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis The Crooked Inheritance by : Marge Piercy

An “exquisite . . . spot on” (The Hudson Review) collection of poems from one of our best-loved and best-selling poets that is both personal, with poetry about love, nature and reflections on the stages of life, and political, ranging from the war in Iraq and Katrina to concerns such as women’s rights and the poet’s childhood in Detroit.