Intimate Voices from the First World War

2005-01-04 History

Author : Svetlana Palmer
Release : 2005-01-04
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 203/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Intimate Voices from the First World War written by Svetlana Palmer. This book was released on 2005-01-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of World War I is brought to life through the gripping personal narratives of those at the center of the storm. World War I was waged by young people from twenty-eight countries in an era without the advantages of military "embeds," satellite phones, and streaming media coverage. Intimate Voices from the First World War fills in the gaps in the history of the world's first global confrontation with excerpts from recently uncovered letters and diaries of those on the front lines and their friends at home. In their reflections on the vastness of the enterprise of war, these combatants, victims, and eyewitnesses re-create the scope of the conflict with immediacy and tenderness. Written with the frankness and intimacy of words not intended for public eyes -- full of private passions, prejudices, humor, and vivid insights -- these communiqués speak to us directly from within the war itself and from all sides of the conflict. These marvelous historical narratives not only immerse readers in an ongoing dialogue about the meaning of human conflict but also serve as reminders of the individual perspectives and beliefs that sometimes get overlooked during times of global strife.

Intimate Voices from the First World War

2004-01-06 History

Author : Svetlana Palmer
Release : 2004-01-06
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 593/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Intimate Voices from the First World War written by Svetlana Palmer. This book was released on 2004-01-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you tell the history of a war in which more than nine million combatants and nearly seven million civilians across the world died by bullet, fire, hunger and disease? How do you describe the experience of a war that ignited two revolutions, brought down four monarchies, scarred a generation and culminated in major political and territorial changes that cast shadows to this day? Departing from traditional histories, Intimate Voices from the First World War tells the story of the First World War entirely through the diaries and letters of its combatants, eyewitnesses and victims. Powerful individual stories are interwoven to form an extraordinary narrative that follows the chronology of the war, in words written on the battlefield and on leave, under occupation and under siege. Soldiers and civilians record with passion, fear and humor their experiences and intimate thoughts, never intended for publication. The book starts with the testimony of a Serbian teenager, one of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassins. Each chapter focuses on one important episode of the war told from opposite sides of the conflict. A German and a British soldier are dug into the parallel lines of trenches on the Somme. An Australian and a Turk describe brutal bayonet charges on the beaches at Gallipoli. A Polish woman endures a gruesome siege and an initially patriotic German schoolgirl, after being exposed to the loss and pain of war, gradually escapes into a world of adolescent love. The diaries and letters featured were uncovered during extensive research across twenty-eight countries for the groundbreaking television series The First World War, based on the work of Professor Hew Strachan, whose introduction starts this book. Gripping, immediate and moving, Intimate Voices from the First World War represents a major addition to First World War literature.

Intimate Voices from the First World War

2003 World War, 1914-1918

Author : Sarah Wallis
Release : 2003
Genre : World War, 1914-1918
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Book Rating : 795/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Intimate Voices from the First World War written by Sarah Wallis. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One day I was walking with my friend Lazar Djukic, and I remarked that Ferdinand was coming soon [and] that it would be nice to prepare a warm welcome for him. In our language that meant assassination... Lazo simply said, -It can be done if someone wants it.' Up to that point the conversation was a bit of a joke but now my mind was set. All I needed was a gun." --from the prison diary of Vaso Cubrilovic, a member of a group of Serbian assassins who succeeded in killing Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, sparking WWI How do you tell the history of a war in which over nine million combatants and five million civilians from 28 countries died by bullet, fire, hunger, and disease? How to describe the scale of an event that ignited two revolutions, toppled four monarchies, decimated a generation and culminated in political changes that cast shadows to this day? Departing radically from traditional histories, Intimate Voices from the First World War tells the story of WWI on a personal and human scale. Through the private letters and diaries of soldiers, children, teens, wives, lovers, doctors, survivors, and victims --accounts unearthed during research for a worldwide 10-part television series--a compelling narrative takes shape that follows the war from beginning to end. Each chapter illuminates a crucial episode of WWI from multiple viewpoints. A starving Polish woman and a disgruntled Austrian officer tell of a long and brutal siege. Two Colonial soldiers--one Canadian and one African--send candid dispatches home from the Western Front. Two children--one German, one French-- live through the horrors of occupation, both in adolescent angst. The voices of a German school girl, an American nurse, a black South African laborer, and soldiers from every nation rise to form a chorus of compassion, hatred, hope, and grief. The result is a searingly honest and intimate look at "the war to end all wars."

The Beauty and the Sorrow

2012-09-04 History

Author : Peter Englund
Release : 2012-09-04
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 287/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Beauty and the Sorrow written by Peter Englund. This book was released on 2012-09-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate narrative history of World War I told through the stories of twenty men and women from around the globe--a powerful, illuminating, heart-rending picture of what the war was really like. In this masterful book, renowned historian Peter Englund describes this epoch-defining event by weaving together accounts of the average man or woman who experienced it. Drawing on the diaries, journals, and letters of twenty individuals from Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Venezuela, and the United States, Englund’s collection of these varied perspectives describes not a course of events but "a world of feeling." Composed in short chapters that move between the home front and the front lines, The Beauty and Sorrow brings to life these twenty particular people and lets them speak for all who were shaped in some way by the War, but whose voices have remained unheard.

Voices from the Front

2016 History

Author : Peter Hart
Release : 2016
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 933/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Voices from the Front written by Peter Hart. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Hart draws on decades of his work with British World War One veterans, offering an immersive and humane account of the Great War.

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