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Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1919, Volume 2: A Cultural History

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Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1919, Volume 2: A Cultural HistoryCapital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1919, Volume 2: A Cultural History by Jay Winter
ISBN: 0521870437
Published by Cambridge University Press on September 6th 2007
Genres: History, Europe, General, France, Great Britain, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century, Social History, Social Science, Anthropology, Cultural
Pages: 545

Len's Summary: The first volume in this useful and finely-crafted comparative study covered social and economic effects of the war; this volume concentrates on the cultural impact of the conflict on the home front. Contributors include Tomlinson Prize- winner Annette Becker.

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World War One: Five Continents in Flanders

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World War One: Five Continents in FlandersWorld War One: Five Continents in Flanders by Dominiek Dendooven, Piet Chielens
ISBN: 902097727X
on 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Social Science, Anthropology, Cultural
Pages: 208

Len's Summary: A book about the various foreign armies fighting in Flanders arising from an exhibition at the Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres.

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Armenians and the Allies in Cilicia, 1914-1923

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Armenians and the Allies in Cilicia, 1914-1923Armenians and the Allies in Cilicia, 1914-1923 by Yücel Güçlü
ISBN: 9780874809565
Published by University of Utah Press on June 30th 2009
Genres: Armenians, History, Middle East, Military, World War I, Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Social Science, Anthropology, Cultural
Pages: 281

Len's Summary: An ancient Roman province, Cilicia is located in southeastern Turkey and was the site of forced resettlement and massacres of Armenian citizens of the Ottoman Empire during WWI; one an increasing number of histories of the Ottoman Turks in World War One.

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Indigenous Peoples of the British Dominions and the First World War

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Indigenous Peoples of the British Dominions and the First World WarIndigenous Peoples of the British Dominions and the First World War by Timothy C. Winegard
ISBN: 9781107014930
Published by Cambridge University Press on November 3rd 2011
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, General, World War I, Modern, 20th Century, Social Science, Anthropology, Cultural
Pages: 312

Len's Summary: Comparative study if the war experiences of the aborigines of the five self-governing Dominions of the British Empire. By the author of For King and Kanata (University of Manitoba Press, 2012) about the WWI service of Canadian “first nations” Indians. -- Study of the widely varying participation of the native peoples of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland and South Africa in WWI.

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Contested Frontiers in the Balkans: Ottoman, Habsburg and Communist Rivalries in Eastern Europe

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Contested Frontiers in the Balkans: Ottoman, Habsburg and Communist Rivalries in Eastern EuropeContested Frontiers in the Balkans: Ottoman, Habsburg and Communist Rivalries in Eastern Europe by Irina Marin
ISBN: 9781780761053
on December 11th 2012
Genres: History, Europe, Eastern, Social History, Political Science, International Relations, General, Social Science, Anthropology, Cultural
Pages: 256

Len's Summary: Good background reading for the Great War, its aftermath and post WWII.

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