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Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 304 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Introduction "We are Getting into Deep Water Needlessly": From Neutrality to (Almost) a Third Anglo-American War in 1914 Shawn McAvoy Xenophobia Unleashed: Anti-German Attitudes and Policies During WWI B.D. Mowell American and Russian Geopolitical and Geostrategic Interests During World War I Raluca Viman-Miller "American Pride Will Not Stand in the Way of Efficiency": Public Opinion on the Amalgamation of U.S. Troops into Allied Armies in 1918 Terri Blom Crocker Lying, Spying, and Right Defying: The Espionage Act of 1917 and the U.S. Wartime Qualification to the Freedom of Speech Ashlee Beazley League of Nations Debate: Strategic Preferences of President Woodrow Wilson and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Seyed Hamidreza Serri One Hundred Years On: The Shadow of League of Nations Failure on American Support for International Law Jonathan S. Miner Cruelty or Military Necessity: Poison Gas and U.S. Security in WWI Thomas I. Faith The AEF in the Trenches: The American Military and Modern Warfare in the First World War Jonathan A. Beall Proximity and Distance on the Battlefield: The AEF's 2nd Infantry Division at Blanc Mont 1918 Keith D. Dickson AEF Press Censorship During World War I Charles Sorrie Contributor Biographies. …

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Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | "The Secret Battle should be read in each generation, so that men and women may rest under no illusion about what war means, a soldier's tale cut in stone to melt all hearts."-Sir Winston ChurchillOriginally published in 1919, The Secret Battle honestly portrays the mental horrors World War I inflicted upon soldiers. Harry Penrose is an Oxford student who enlists in 1914. He's hard working, modest, and dutiful but struggles to cope with the toll of war. During the Battle of Gallipoli, Penrose seeks refuge to avoid shellfire, but another officer sees him and accuses Penrose of desertion. Court martialed and branded a coward, Penrose is betrayed by the very system for which he fought.Though not autobiographical, Penrose and the narrator follow experiences of author A. P. Herbert, who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign. Penrose's trial is likely based on that of Sub-Lieutenant Edwin Dyett, an officer who was court martialed and executed for desertion in 1916. Considered a literary masterpiece, The Secret Battle is an early example of war literature, showcasing the importance of a soldier's mind as well as his body, and deserves "a permanent place in war literature" (Winston Churchill, from the 1988 Oxford University Press edition).…