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“peter h liddle”

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  • Passchendaele in Perspective

    The Third Battle of Ypres

    by Peter H. Liddle ...
    Passchendaele In Perspective explores the context and real nature of the participants experience, evaluates British and German High Command, the aerial and maritime dimensions of the battle, the politicians and manpower debates on the home front and it looks at the tactics employed, the weapons and equipment used, the experience of the British; German and indeed French soldiers. It looks ... Read more

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  • At the Eleventh Hour

    Reflections, Hopes and Anxieties at the Closing of the Great War, 1918

    by Hugh Cecil, Peter H. Liddle ...
    Following on from the highly acclaimed Facing Armageddon and Passchendaele in Perspective, At the Eleventh Hour recognises that a world was ending in November 1918, and by international collaboration on the 80th Anniversary we learn through this book, what it was like to experience the transition from war to peace. Distinguished historians brilliantly convey a sense of immediacy as the Armistice ... Read more

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  • The Gallipoli Experience Reconsidered

    by Peter Liddle ...
    In The Gallipoli Experience Reconsidered, World War I historian Peter Liddle reexamines the British military operation that ended in Allied defeat.The Gallipoli Campaign is generally viewed as a disastrous failure of the First World War, inadequately redeemed by the heroism of the soldiers and sailors who were involved in the fighting. But before the first landings were made, the concept of a ... Read more

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  • Britain and Victory in the Great War

    by Peter Liddle ...
    How can we begin to make sense of the Great War now that over 100 years have passed since it ended with the defeat of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman empire and Bulgaria, and the collapse of Tsarist Russia? The conflict had such a profound influence on world history that is it difficult to reconcile the different perspectives and draw clear conclusions. That is why this thought-provoking ... Read more

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  • For Five Shillings a Day

    Personal Histories of World War II

    by Dr. Richard Campbell-Begg, Dr. Peter Liddle ...
    An amazing collection of eyewitness accounts of the British experience in World War II. First-hand narratives are drawn from every rank of the army and every corner of the conflict to create a moving and illuminating story of the greatest war of this century.Fascinating, moving, frightening, sometimes comic, this selection of eyewitness accounts has been edited into chronological order to form a ... Read more

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  • The 1916 Battle of the Somme Reconsidered

    by Peter Liddle ...
    Twenty-four years after the publication of his classic study of the Somme, Peter Liddle reconsiders the battle in the light of recent scholarship. The battle still gives rise to fierce debate and, with Passchendaele, it is often seen as the epitome of the tragic folly of the First World War. But is this a reasoned judgement? Peter Liddle, in this authoritative study, re-examines the concept and ... Read more

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  • Britain and a Widening War, 1915–1916

    From Gallipoli to the Somme

    by Peter Liddle ...
    In a series of concise, thought-provoking chapters the authors summarize and make accessible the latest scholarship on the middle years of the Great War 1915 and 1916 and cover fundamental issues that are rarely explored outside the specialist journals. Their work is an important contribution to advancing understanding of Britains role in the war, and it will be essential reading for anyone who is ... Read more

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  • The Great World War 1914–1945

    1. Lightning Strikes Twice

    by Peter Liddle, John Bourne, Ian Whitehead ...
    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.The Face of BattleLeadership in the warsCivilians in the warsNational ... Read more

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  • Captured Memories, 1930–1945

    Across the Threshold of War: The Thirties and the War

    by Peter Liddle ...
    In this sequel to his successful first volume Peter Liddle brings his years of Oral History experience to the Thirties and the Second World War. He was the founder/Director of a new archive in 1999 specifically dedicated to the rescue of evidence of the Second World War which now documents the lives of more than nine thousand people in that war. Many of the most vivid recollections he has recorded ... Read more

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  • Britain's Great War Experience

    Life at Home and Abroad, 1914–1918

    by Peter Liddle ...
    Expertly written and beautifully presented, this book of outstanding photographs, documents and art work captures the spirit of the British people as they faced and successfully came through the prolonged challenge of the First World War. Using previously unpublished material from the Liddle Collection in the University Library at Leeds and supporting this with photographs from private and public ... Read more

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  • Facing Armageddon

    The First World War Experience

    by Hugh Cecil, Peter Liddle ...
    Facing Armageddon is the first scholarly work on the 1914-18 War to explore, on a world-wide basis, the real nature of the participants experience. Sixty-four scholars from all over the globe deliver the fruits of recent research in what civilians and servicemen passed through, in the air, on the sea and on land. ... Read more

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  • William Barron

    The Victorian Landscape Gardener

    by Tamsin Liddle, Dr Peter Robinson ...
    William Barron is one of the unsung heroes of British garden design, often overshadowed by other famous horticulturists such as Capability Brown and Humphrey Repton. William Barron: The Victorian Landscape Gardener tells the story of an unassuming man who made an everlasting impression on the British landscape. Tamsin Liddle and Peter Robinson explore Barron’s humble beginnings, delve into the ... Read more

    $12.59 USD