In recent years, the US-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq have had an impact on the UK rivalled only by Brexit and the global financial crisis. For people at home, the wars were ever-present in the media yet remained distant and difficult to apprehend. Janina Wierzoch offers an analytical survey of British contemporary war narratives in novels, drama, film, and television that seek to make sense of the experience. The study shows how the narratives, instead of reflecting on the UK s role as invader, portray war as invading the British home. Home loses its post-Cold War sense of permanent peace« and is recast as a home/front where war once again becomes part of what it means to be us«.
A Visit to Three Fronts. Glimpses of the British, Italian and French Lines is a book written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. on 19 august 1916.The book is a collection of 3 articles published previously in newspapers: A Glimpse of the ArmyWith the ItaliansA Glimpse of the French LineIn the course of May 1916, the Italian authorities expressed a desire that some independent observer from Great Britain should visit their lines and report his impressions. It was at the time when our brave and capable allies had sustained a set-back in the Trentino owing to a sudden concentration of the Austrians, supported by very heavy artillery. I was asked to undertake this mission. In order to carry it out properly, I stipulated that I should be allowed to visit the British lines first, so that I might have some standard of comparison. The War Office kindly assented to my request. Later I obtained permission to pay a visit to the French front as well. Thus it was my great good fortune, at the very crisis of the war, to visit the battle line of each of the three great Western allies. I only wish that it had been within my power to complete my experiences in this seat of war by seeing the gallant little Belgian army which has done so remarkably well upon the extreme left wing of the hosts of freedom.My experiences and impressions are here set down, and may have some small effect in counteracting those mischievous misunderstandings and mutual belittlements which are eagerly fomented by our cunning enemy.Arthur Conan DoyleCrowborough, July 1916A Glimpse of the British ArmyIt is not an easy matter to write from the front. You know that there are several courteous but inexorable gentlemen who may have a word in the matter, and their presence 'imparts but small ease to the style.' But above all you have the twin censors of your own conscience and common sense, which assure you that, if all other readers fail you, you will certainly find a most attentive one in the neighbourhood of the Haupt-Quartier. An instructive story is still told of how a certain well-meaning traveller recorded his satisfaction with the appearance of the big guns at the retiring and peaceful village of Jamais, and how three days later, by an interesting coincidence, the village of Jamais passed suddenly off the map and dematerialised into brickdust and splinters.
Автор: Crowley Mark Название: Home Fronts - Britain and the Empire at War, 1939-45 ISBN: 1783272252 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783272259 Издательство: Boydell & Brewer Рейтинг: Цена: 12672.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Examines the "home front" war effort from an overall imperial perspective, assessing the contribution of individual imperial territories.
Описание: Explores dramatic and filmic adaptations of the Faust legend from Marlowe`s Doctor Faustus and Goethe`s Faust to lesser known works. With detailed comparison and analysis tracing the development of the Faust topos, it will appeal to students of early modern drama, eighteenth- and nineteenth-century German literature, and film studies.
Автор: Fenner Sgt Adam, Taubold Lance Название: On Two Fronts ISBN: 0615879632 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780615879635 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3274.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: When two unlikely friends are separated by war, they must learn to cope with the effect it will have on their lives, their futures, and their relationship. Lance, a gay Las Vegas entertainer, who has never felt the effects of war, must come to grips with the reality of Adam's deployment as he struggles with his own conflicting and complex emotions, and the lingering question of whether or not their friendship will survive... or if Adam will. Adam, a veteran of the war in Iraq, must face a new threat in a new environment. Will he be able to endure the changing nature of his relationship with Lance and the constantly changing tactical environment presenting a daily threat upon his life and of his fellow soldiers? On Two Fronts, written only moments after the events occur, tackles the reality of war on the most personal of levels. The reader follows Lance and Adam, living the story through their eyes, experiencing the constant fluctuating doubts and emotions and the extraordinary lengths friends will go to. It is told from their two perspectives to capture the honest human elements of war from the experience of someone on the ground and someone left behind.
Описание: On 1 January 1943, with German Sixth Army about to be destroyed in the Stalingrad pocket, the Stavka (Soviet High Command) launched Operation Don, a strategic offensive conducted by the Red Army’s Southern, Southwestern, and Trans-Caucasus Fronts aimed at demolishing German defenses in the southern Soviet Union and decisively turning the war’s tide. Critical to this ambitious operation was the mission assigned to the Trans-Caucasus Front—to isolate and destroy German Army Group A in the northern Caucasus region in cooperation with the Southern Front. Operation Don’s Left Wing is the first detailed study of this crucial but virtually overlooked Soviet military operation.Because of the priority given to the assault on German Sixth Army at Stalingrad, the Red Army Southwestern, Southern, and Trans-Caucasus Fronts were compelled to execute their missions with scant resources—inadequate logistical support, personnel replacements, and reinforcing equipment. Based on newly released Red Army archival operational documents, David M. Glantz constructs a clear, comprehensive account of how, despite such constraints, the Trans-Caucasus Front nonetheless pursued and severely damaged German First Panzer Army—although it failed to encircle and destroy the panzer army as hoped. These documents include candid daily orders and reports, periodic situation maps, a full array of ever-changing operational plans, and strength and casualty reports prepared by Soviet formations and units throughout the offensive. With unprecedented access to these documents, Glantz delves into previously forbidden topics such as unit strengths and losses and the foibles and attitudes of commanders at every level.Following Glantz’s Operation Don’s Main Attack, this documentary study expands our understanding of a pivotal operation in the Soviet triumph over Nazi Germany and a decisive moment in the history of World War II on the Eastern Front.
Автор: Pelcovits, Nathan A Название: Peacekeeping On Arabisraeli Fronts ISBN: 0367282526 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367282523 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book analyzes the Camp David accords, the June 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, and the Sabra-Shatila massacres in South Beirut that have been responsible for altering the pattern of peacekeeping on Arab-Israeli fronts to answer the questions they raise about peacekeeping in the Middle East.
Автор: Twiss Sumner B. Название: Advancing Fronts in Chemistry, V1: High Polymers ISBN: 1258713691 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781258713690 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 5141.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Collet Pierre, Eckmann Jean-Pierre Название: Instabilities and Fronts in Extended Systems ISBN: 0691607613 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691607610 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 6336.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The physics of extended systems is a topic of great interest for the experimentalist and the theoretician alike. There exists a large literature on this subject in which solutions, bifurcations, fronts, and the dynamical stability of these objects are discussed. To the uninitiated reader, the theoretical methods that lead to the various results oft
Автор: Lindsay Название: The War on the Civil and Military Fronts ISBN: 1107418844 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107418844 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5701.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Originally published in 1942, this book presents the content of the Lees Knowles Lectures for that year, which were delivered by Major-General G. M. Lindsay at Trinity College, Cambridge. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in military strategy and the history of warfare.
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