The Great World War 1914–1945: 1. Lightning Strikes Twice
By Peter Liddle, John Bourne and Ian Whitehead
3.5/5
()
About this ebook
Comparing and contrasting the World Wars.
This will be a landmark in military history: a collaborative venture between historians from 20 different countries addressing every aspect of the two world wars. The scope of the book is enormous. From frontline combat to civilian experience, women and children in wartime, genocide etc.
1. The Face of Battle
2. Leadership in the wars
3. Civilians in the wars
4. National experiences
5. Cultural impact
6. Moral experience
7. Reflections
Peter Liddle
Dr Peter Liddle is a leading historian of the First World War and has concentrated on the personal experience of the men and women who took part. He founded the Liddle Collection, a repository of documents and memorabilia connected to the conflict, which is housed in the Brotherton Library, the University of Leeds. His many books include Captured Memories 1900-1918, Captured Memories 1930-1945, The Soldiers War 1914-1918, The Gallipoli Experience Reconsidered, The 1916 Battle of the Somme Reconsidered and, as editor, Facing Armageddon, Britain Goes to War and Britain and the Widening War.Contributors: Holger Afflerbach, Phylomena Badsey, Niall Barr, Chris Bellamy, Nick Bosanquet, Peter Burness, George Cassar, Tim Cook, Irene Guerrini, Clive Harris, Kate Kennedy, Ross Kennedy, William Philpott, Marco Pluviano, Chris Pugsley, Duncan Redford, Matthew Richardson, Alan Sharp, Yigal Sheffy, Jack Sheldon, Edward Spiers, David Welch, Ian Whitehead
Read more from Peter Liddle
A Woman Living in the Shadow of the Second World War: Helena Hall's Journal from the Home Front Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe 1916 Battle of the Somme Reconsidered Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings1914: Voices from the Battlefields Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gallipoli Experience Reconsidered Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Britain and a Widening War, 1915–1916: From Gallipoli to the Somme Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Captured Memories, 1900–1918: Across the Threshold of War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFacing Armageddon: The First World War Experience Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBritain and Victory in the Great War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Captured Memories, 1930–1945: Across the Threshold of War: The Thirties and the War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBritain's Great War Experience: Life at Home and Abroad, 1914–1918 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFor Five Shillings a Day: Personal Histories of World War II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Great World War 1914–1945
Related ebooks
Infantry Warfare, 1939–1945: A Photographic History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5No Substitute for Victory: Successful American Military Strategies from the Revolutionary War to the Present Day Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGuadalcanal: The American Campaign against Japan in WWII Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5D-Day in Numbers: The facts behind Operation Overlord Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Churchill Warrior: How a Military Life Guided Winston's Finest Hours Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Origins of Surface-to-Air Guided Missile Technology: German Flak Rockets and the Onset of the Cold War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDreadnoughts and Super-Dreadnoughts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChurchill The Young Warrior: How He Helped Win the First World War Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5D-Day: Airborne Assault Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Clash of the Capital Ships: From the Yorkshire Raid to Jutland Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRed Sun At War Part Three: Fighting back from the Coral Sea to the Kokoda Trail. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death by Design: British Tank Development in the Second World War Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Battle Of The Barricades: U.S. Marines In The Recapture Of Seoul [Illustrated Edition] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fall Gelb And The German Blitzkrieg Of 1940: Operational Art Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJohnny: The Legend and Tragedy of General Sir Ian Hamilton Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5For Five Shillings a Day: Personal Histories of World War II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFIGHT AT THE LOCK [Illustrated Edition] Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGerman General Staff In World War I Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmateur Gunners: The Great War Adventures, Letters and Observations of Alexander Douglas Thorburn Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Breaking Point of the French Army: The Nivelle Offensive of 1917 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Operational Art In The Korean War: A Comparison Between General MacArthur And General Walker Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChurchill's Navy: The ships, people and organisation, 1939-1945 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Kill Nations: American Strategy in the Air-Atomic Age and the Rise of Mutually Assured Destruction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5PAPUAN CAMPAIGN - The Buna-Sanananda Operation - 16 November 1942 - 23 January 1943 [Illustrated Edition] Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThrough the Wheat Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5After The Blitzkrieg: The German Army’s Transition To Defeat In The East Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEighth Army Operations In Mindanao, 1945 A Model For Joint Operations Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Soviet Air Force And Strategic Bombing Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIronside: The Authorised Biography of Field Marshal Lord Ironside Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Wars & Military For You
Mein Kampf: The Original, Accurate, and Complete English Translation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChurchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sun Tzu's The Art of War: Bilingual Edition Complete Chinese and English Text Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The God Delusion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Daily Creativity Journal Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Wager Disaster: Mayem, Mutiny and Murder in the South Seas Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unit 731: Testimony Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unacknowledged: An Expose of the World's Greatest Secret Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Doctors From Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Kingdom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Art of War: The Definitive Interpretation of Sun Tzu's Classic Book of Strategy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Making of the Atomic Bomb Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5"The Good War": An Oral History of World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When I Come Home Again: 'A page-turning literary gem' THE TIMES, BEST BOOKS OF 2020 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Great World War 1914–1945
1 rating0 reviews