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Mud, Blood and Poppycock

Categorie	WO I
Boeknummer	#251890
Titel	Mud, Blood and Poppycock: Britain and the First World War
Auteur	Corrigan, Gordon
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Cassell
Jaar van uitgave	2003
ISBN10	0304359556
ISBN13	9780304359554
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Vividly written, and with the driest humor, this irreverent look at how Britain really won World War I demolishes myth upon myth. What becomes brilliantly (and amusingly) clear is just how many "established facts" have absolutely no basis in reality; instead they're fabrications created in the 1960s by young historians on the make. The soldiers from 1914-18 would simply not recognize their popular depiction on TV and in novels: instead, we see here how much the British embraced technology and developed the weapons and tactics that broke through enemy trenches. Vividly written, and with the driest humor, this irreverent look at how Britain really won World War I demolishes myth upon myth. What becomes brilliantly (and amusingly) clear is just how many "established facts" have absolutely no basis in reality; instead they're fabrications created in the 1960s by young historians on the make. The soldiers from 1914-18 would simply not recognize their popular depiction on TV and in novels: instead, we see here how much the British embraced technology and developed the weapons and tactics that broke through enemy trenches.
Pagina's	431
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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