Ghosts of War

Name: Ghosts of War | A History of World War I in Poetry and Prose
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A History of World War I in Poetry and Prose

Andrew Ferguson(Autor*in)

The History Press Ltd

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Erschienen am 7. November 2016

256 Seiten

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Intro
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Foreword by Nicola Sturgeon
Acknowledgements
Ghosts of War
Maps
Introduction
The War Poets
1 Setting the Scene
The Three Cousins
Growing Tension
Choosing Your Partner
The Simmering Brew
2 The Overture
Stirring the Ethnic Soup
Sarajevo: June 1914
The Austrian Ultimatum
The Schlieffen Plan: Germany Declares War
3 The Curtain Rises
Germany Invades Belgium: Britain Declares War
'Your King and Country Want You'
Kitchener's Army
The Human Cost
4 Act One: The Opening of Hostilities
The British Expeditionary Force
The British Arrive in France
The First Battle of Ypres (19 October-22 November 1914)
Life in the Trenches
The Battle of the Falklands (8 December 1914)
The Christmas Truce (24 December 1914)
Austria's Wars
The Russian Campaign
5 Act Two: The War in 1915
The Western Front
The Weapons of War
The Second Battle of Ypres (22 April-27 May 1915)
The Eastern Front
Italy (Eventually) Enters the War (23 May 1915)
War by Proxy - The War in the Colonies
The Dardanelles Campaign (19 February 1915-9 January 1916)
The War in the Air
The Sinking of RMS Lusitania (7 May 1915)
Aubers Ridge and the Battle of Festubert (9 May and 15-25 May 1915)
No Man's Land
Such is Death - A Sonnet by Charles Hamilton Sorley
The Poppies in Flanders Fields
The Battle of Loos: The 'Scottish Battle' (5 September-7 November 1915)
When You See Millions of the Mouthless Dead - Charles Hamilton Sorley
The Meeting of Graves and Sassoon
Christ in Flanders
The Care of the Wounded
The Defeat of Serbia
Snow in France
6 Act Three: Haig Takes Command
The Battle of Verdun (21 February-18 December 1916)
In Memoriam: Private D. Sutherland
The Battle of Jutland (31 May 1916)
The Battle of the Somme (1 July-18 November 1916)
The Baleful Bard - Ewart Alan Mackintosh
The Arab Revolt (5 June 1916)
7 Act Four: The War in 1917
The Winter of 1916-1917
The Tsar Abdicates (15 March 1917)
The United States Declares War on Germany (6 April 1917)
The Battle of Arras (9 April-16 May 1917)
'A Soldier's Declaration'
'Dottyville': Craiglockhart Hospital
The Third Battle of Ypres: The Battle of Passchendaele (31 July-10 November 1917)
The Battle of Cambrai (20 November-7 December 1917)
Ewart Alan Mackintosh
8 The Last Act
The Michael Offensive (21 March 1918)
The Battle of Amiens: The Allies Advance (8 August 1918)
The Final Assault (26 September 1918)
The Armistice is Signed (11 November 1918)
9 The Curtain Falls
The Treaty of Versailles
Britain After the War
The Impact of the War on Scotland
'The Pity of War'
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