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The Secret History of Soldiers
Author | : Tim Cook |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2018-09-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780735235274 |
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There have been thousands of books on the Great War, but most have focused on commanders, battles, strategy, and tactics. Less attention has been paid to the daily lives of the combatants, how they endured the unimaginable conditions of industrial warfare: the rain of shells, bullets, and chemical agents. In The Secret History of Soldiers, Tim Cook, Canada's foremost military historian, examines how those who survived trench warfare on the Western Front found entertainment, solace, relief, and distraction from the relentless slaughter. These tales come from the soldiers themselves, mined from the letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral accounts of more than five hundred combatants. Rare examples of trench art, postcards, and even song sheets offer insight into a hidden society that was often irreverent, raunchy, and anti-authoritarian. Believing in supernatural stories was another way soldiers shielded themselves from the horror. While novels and poetry often depict the soldiers of the Great War as mere victims, this new history shows how the soldiers pushed back against the grim war, refusing to be broken in the mincing machine of the Western Front. The violence of war is always present, but Cook reveals the gallows humour the soldiers employed to get through it. Over the years, both writers and historians have overlooked this aspect of the men's lives. The fighting at the front was devastating, but behind the battle lines, another layer of life existed, one that included songs, skits, art, and soldier-produced newspapers. With his trademark narrative abilities and an unerring eye for the telling human detail, Cook has created another landmark history of Canadian military life as he reveals the secrets of how soldiers survived the carnage of the Western Front.
The Story of a Soldier s Life
Author | : Garnet Wolseley Wolseley (Viscount) |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 1904 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : UOM:39015019910846 |
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The Patrol
Author | : Ryan Flavelle |
Publsiher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2013-02-26 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781443407199 |
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In 2008, Ryan Flavelle, a reservist in the Canadian Army and a student at the University of Calgary, volunteered to serve in Afghanistan. For seven months, twenty-four-year-old Flavelle, a signaller attached to the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, endured the extreme heat, the long hours and the occasional absurdity of life as a Canadian soldier in this new war so far from home. Flavelle spent much of his time at a Canadian Forward Operating Base (FOB), living among his fellow soldiers and occasionally going outside the wire. For one sevenday period, Flavelle went into Taliban country, always walking in the footsteps of the man ahead of him, meeting Afghans and watching behind every mud wall for a sign of an enemy combatant. The Patrol is a gritty, boots-on-the-ground memoir of a soldier’s experience in the Canadian Forces in the 21st century. It is about why we fight, why men and women choose such a dangerous and demanding job, and what their lives are like when they find themselves back in our ordinary world.
The Stuff of Soldiers
Author | : Brandon M. Schechter |
Publsiher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2019-10-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781501739804 |
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The Stuff of Soldiers uses everyday objects to tell the story of the Great Patriotic War as never before. Brandon Schechter attends to a diverse array of things—from spoons to tanks—to show how a wide array of citizens became soldiers, and how the provisioning of material goods separated soldiers from civilians. Through a fascinating examination of leaflets, proclamations, newspapers, manuals, letters to and from the front, diaries, and interviews, The Stuff of Soldiers reveals how the use of everyday items made it possible to wage war. The dazzling range of documents showcases ethnic diversity, women's particular problems at the front, and vivid descriptions of violence and looting. Each chapter features a series of related objects: weapons, uniforms, rations, and even the knick-knacks in a soldier's rucksack. These objects narrate the experience of people at war, illuminating the changes taking place in Soviet society over the course of the most destructive conflict in recorded history. Schechter argues that spoons, shovels, belts, and watches held as much meaning to the waging of war as guns and tanks. In The Stuff of Soldiers, he describes the transformative potential of material things to create a modern culture, citizen, and soldier during World War II.
The Story of a Soldier s Life
Author | : Viscount Wolseley |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 2012-03-26 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1462294774 |
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Hardcover reprint of the original 1903 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. All foldouts have been masterfully reprinted in their original form. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Wolseley, Garnet Wolseley, Viscount. The Story of A Soldier's Life, Volume 2. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Wolseley, Garnet Wolseley, Viscount. The Story of A Soldier's Life, Volume 2. New York: Scribner, 1903.
Soldiers Made Me Look Good
Author | : Lewis MacKenzie |
Publsiher | : D & M Publishers |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2012-01-06 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1926706927 |
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Since retiring from the Armed Forces, Major-General Lewis MacKenzie has not stayed out of the spotlight but continues to speak his mind. In this straight-talking memoir, he traces his post-military career as an international commentator on military affairs, a consultant to the Irish government and a federal political candidate. In Soldiers Made Me Look Good he answers his critics, including journalist Carol Off for her criticism of his handling of the UN mission in Bosnia. In a hard-hitting chapter, he discusses his professional disagreement with the leadership priorities demonstrated by Roméo Dallaire in the early hours of the Rwandan genocide. He continues his story to the present, to “the first real litmus test for NATO”—Afghanistan. Divided into two parts—pre-1993, when MacKenzie calls himself a Cold War grunt, and post-1993, after his controversial stint in Bosnia—Soldiers Made Me Look Good is laced with anecdotes both funny and profound. It concludes with ten pointers on leadership, in which MacKenzie shares hard-earned insights from a life on the front lines.
Detailed Minuti of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia 1861 1865
Author | : Carlton McCarthy |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1882 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : HARVARD:32044012920195 |
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The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War
Author | : Leander Stillwell |
Publsiher | : e-artnow |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2019-12-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : EAN:4064066052676 |
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"The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War" is a personal account of Leander Stillwell, an officer of the Company D, Sixty-first Illinois Volunteers. Stillwell wrote in detail about the everyday life of a common soldier. His account is mainly focused on the Sixty-first Illinois Infantry, including their parts in battles such as Little Rock and Murfreesboro.