British Postcards of the First World War
1st Edition
Published on 20. November 2011
64 pages
978-0-7478-1186-2 (ISBN)
Description
Illustrated with a wide range of postcards, this is a fascinating look into the response of the British people to the horrors of the war.
Postcards sent by men on the front, and to them by their families, are among the most numerous, and most telling, surviving artefacts of the Great War. They tell us much about attitudes towards the war, and provide a great insight into men's lives, and into the thoughts and emotions of those left behind. Very different in their illustration, and in their writing, between the beginning of the war and the end, postcards provide a social history of the war in microcosm.
Postcards sent by men on the front, and to them by their families, are among the most numerous, and most telling, surviving artefacts of the Great War. They tell us much about attitudes towards the war, and provide a great insight into men's lives, and into the thoughts and emotions of those left behind. Very different in their illustration, and in their writing, between the beginning of the war and the end, postcards provide a social history of the war in microcosm.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
10 b/w; 70 col
ISBN-13
978-0-7478-1186-2 (9780747811862)
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Peter Doyle
British Postcards of the First World War
Book
04/2010
Shire Publications
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Person
Peter Doyle is a scientist and military historian specialising in the role of terrain in warfare. In addition to numerous scientific books and papers, he has written: Tommy's War 1914-1918 (Crowood 2008), The Home Front: 1939-45 (Crowood, 2007, with Paul Evans); Beneath Flanders Fields: The Underground War 1914-18 (Spellmount, 2004, with Peter Barton and Johan Vandewalle) and Grasping Gallipoli (Spellmount, 2005, with Peter Chasseaud). He has written several books for Shire, including The British Soldier of the First World War.
Content
The Picture Postcard Goes to War
Preparing for War
'In the Trenches'
Letters Home
The Home Front
Remembrance
Further Reading
Index
Preparing for War
'In the Trenches'
Letters Home
The Home Front
Remembrance
Further Reading
Index
