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Peace at Last

Author : Guy Cuthbertson
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300240651
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Peace at Last written by Guy Cuthbertson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid, intimate hour-by-hour account of Armistice Day 1918, including photographs: “A pleasure to read . . . full of fascinating tidbits.” —The Wall Street Journal This is the first book to focus on the day the armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany, ending World War I. In this rich portrait of Armistice Day, which ranges from midnight to midnight, Guy Cuthbertson brings together news reports, photos, literature, memoirs, and letters to show how the people on the street, as well as soldiers and prominent figures like D. H. Lawrence and Lloyd George, experienced a strange, singular day of great joy, relief, and optimism—and examines how Britain and the wider world reacted to the news of peace. “[A] brilliant portrayal of Britain on the day that peace broke out; when people could believe there was an end to the war to end all wars. He weaves a wonderful tapestry of the mood and events across the country, drawing on a wide range of local and regional newspapers . . . accessible history at its best . . . outstanding.” —The Evening Standard

Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour

Author : Joseph E. Persico
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0375760458
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour written by Joseph E. Persico and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2005-10-11 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: November 11, 1918. The final hours pulsate with tension as every man in the trenches hopes to escape the melancholy distinction of being the last to die in World War I. The Allied generals knew the fighting would end precisely at 11:00 A.M, yet in the final hours they flung men against an already beaten Germany. The result? Eleven thousand casualties suffered–more than during the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Why? Allied commanders wanted to punish the enemy to the very last moment and career officers saw a fast-fading chance for glory and promotion. Joseph E. Persico puts the reader in the trenches with the forgotten and the famous–among the latter, Corporal Adolf Hitler, Captain Harry Truman, and Colonels Douglas MacArthur and George Patton. Mainly, he follows ordinary soldiers’ lives, illuminating their fate as the end approaches. Persico sets the last day of the war in historic context with a gripping reprise of all that led up to it, from the 1914 assassination of the Austrian archduke, Franz Ferdinand, which ignited the war, to the raw racism black doughboys endured except when ordered to advance and die in the war’s last hour. Persico recounts the war’s bloody climax in a cinematic style that evokes All Quiet on the Western Front, Grand Illusion, and Paths of Glory. The pointless fighting on the last day of the war is the perfect metaphor for the four years that preceded it, years of senseless slaughter for hollow purposes. This book is sure to become the definitive history of the end of a conflict Winston Churchill called “the hardest, cruelest, and least-rewarded of all the wars that have been fought.”

Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour

Author : Joseph E. Persico
Publisher : Random House (NY)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour written by Joseph E. Persico and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 2004 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sample Text

The Silence of Memory

Author : Adrian Gregory
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1847881807
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book The Silence of Memory written by Adrian Gregory and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how the British people came to terms with the massive trauma of the First World War. Although the literary memory of the war has often been discussed, little has been written on the public ceremonies on and around 11 November which dominated the public memory of the war in the inter-war years. This book aims to remedy the deficiency by showing the pre-eminence of Armistice Day, both in reflecting what people felt about the war and in shaping their memories of it. It shows that this memory was complex rather than simple and that it was continually contested. Finally it seeks to examine the impact of the Second World War on the memory of the First and to show how difficult it is to recapture the idealistic assumptions of a world that believed it had experienced 'the war to end all wars'.

At the Eleventh Hour

Author : Hugh Cecil
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 0850526442
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book At the Eleventh Hour written by Hugh Cecil and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1998-08-12 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 is recreated and analysed. The reader will not just acquire new areas of information, he will have some of the existing knowledge which he thought was soundly held, strikingly challenged in the pages of this superbly illustrated book.

Breakfast of Champions

Author : Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher : Dial Press
ISBN 13 : 0307567230
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Breakfast of Champions written by Kurt Vonnegut and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 2009-09-23 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Marvelous . . . [Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable.”—The New York Times In Breakfast of Champions, one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. What follows is murderously funny satire, as Vonnegut looks at war, sex, racism, success, politics, and pollution in America and reminds us how to see the truth. “Free-wheeling, wild and great . . . uniquely Vonnegut.”—Publishers Weekly

Armistice Day

Author : Anne Putnam Sanford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Armistice Day written by Anne Putnam Sanford and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes programs for Armistice day observance.

Armistice Day

Author : iMinds
Publisher : iMinds Pty Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1921746947
Total Pages : 5 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book Armistice Day written by iMinds and published by iMinds Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about Armistice Day with iMinds insightful knowledge series. Armistice Day is a day put aside to commemorate the ceasefire which effectively ended the "Great War," as World War One was previously known. It happened at 11 am on 11 November 1918. The Allied Forces -- made up of the United Kingdom, the Russian empire, France, Belgium, Canada, Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Japan, Portugal and the US -- were the victorious against the Central Powers. The word "armistice" signifies only a temporary ceasefire. However, the armistice that took place on 11 November 1918 ended the fighting of World War One for good, with the necessary negotiations for peace taking place soon afterwards. iMinds brings targeted knowledge to your eReading device with short information segments to whet your mental appetite and broaden your mind.

Peace at Last

Author : Guy Cuthbertson
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300233388
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Peace at Last written by Guy Cuthbertson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid, original, and intimate hour-by-hour account of Armistice Day 1918, to mark its centenary this year November 11, 2018, marks the centenary of the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany ending World War I. While the events of the war and its legacy are much discussed, this is the first book to focus solely on the day itself, examining how the people of Britain, and the wider world, reacted to the news of peace. In this rich portrait of Armistice Day, which ranges from midnight to midnight, Guy Cuthbertson brings together news reports, literature, memoirs, and letters to show how the people on the street, as well as soldiers and prominent figures like D. H. Lawrence and Lloyd George, experienced a strange, singular day of great joy, relief, and optimism.

Armistice Day

Author : Joeming Dunn
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 1680773887
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Armistice Day written by Joeming Dunn and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History comes alive in this nonfiction graphic novel! Readers will follow along as World War I is detailed, from its genesis in the Industrial Revolution to its conclusion on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, Armistice Day. Innovations in warfare such as battleships, submarines, airplanes, aircraft carriers, and zeppelins are introduced, as are the horrors of trench warfare and poison gas. Readers will learn of the many treaties meant to ensure peace after the war, early celebrations of the armistice, and the holiday's evolution to Veteran's Day in the United States. Table of contents, maps, biographies of key players, war statistics, and a glossary and index are included. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Graphic Planet is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

11th Month, 11th Day, 11th Hour

Author : Joseph E. Persico
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 9780091795030
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book 11th Month, 11th Day, 11th Hour written by Joseph E. Persico and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2004 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the day on which World War I, the war to end all wars, ended. Using military archives and public records, along with journals and diaries, the book will weave together the eleventh hour experiences of the famous, such as Lloyd George, President Woodrow Wilson, Field Marshall Haig and General Pershing. But more dominantly, it will deal with the ordinary men in the trenches, unsung and unremembered, the British Tommies, French Poilus, American Doughboys and German Feldgrau. Where, for example, was the Austrian corporal, Adolf Hitler, on that day? Four days before the War's end, with peace talks already underway, the beaten Germans propose an interim ceasefire to spare lives. However, the French Allied Commander, General Ferdinand Foch, refuses. Hostilities will not cease, Foch insists, before the appointed hour of the Armistice. Thus, even on the last day, the Allies are still launching full scale offenses and both sides bombard each other until the final minute of the agreed ceasefire, 11am, November 11, 1918. The last hours pulsate with tension as men in the trenches, airmen in the sky and sailors at sea hope to escape the melancholy distinction of being the last to die in the War.

Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour

Author : Joseph E. Persico
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0307430928
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour written by Joseph E. Persico and published by Random House. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: November 11, 1918. The final hours pulsate with tension as every man in the trenches hopes to escape the melancholy distinction of being the last to die in World War I. The Allied generals knew the fighting would end precisely at 11:00 A.M, yet in the final hours they flung men against an already beaten Germany. The result? Eleven thousand casualties suffered–more than during the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Why? Allied commanders wanted to punish the enemy to the very last moment and career officers saw a fast-fading chance for glory and promotion. Joseph E. Persico puts the reader in the trenches with the forgotten and the famous–among the latter, Corporal Adolf Hitler, Captain Harry Truman, and Colonels Douglas MacArthur and George Patton. Mainly, he follows ordinary soldiers’ lives, illuminating their fate as the end approaches. Persico sets the last day of the war in historic context with a gripping reprise of all that led up to it, from the 1914 assassination of the Austrian archduke, Franz Ferdinand, which ignited the war, to the raw racism black doughboys endured except when ordered to advance and die in the war’s last hour. Persico recounts the war’s bloody climax in a cinematic style that evokes All Quiet on the Western Front, Grand Illusion, and Paths of Glory. The pointless fighting on the last day of the war is the perfect metaphor for the four years that preceded it, years of senseless slaughter for hollow purposes. This book is sure to become the definitive history of the end of a conflict Winston Churchill called “the hardest, cruelest, and least-rewarded of all the wars that have been fought.”

Armistice Day

Author : Philippa Werry
Publisher : White Cloud Books
ISBN 13 : 9781869664411
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (644 download)

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Download or read book Armistice Day written by Philippa Werry and published by White Cloud Books. This book was released on 2016-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month each year, people in New Zealand and around the world remember the day when fighting stopped in Europe at the end of the First World War. This is what Armistice Day commemorates. How the war ended and what happened next is the subject of Philippa Werry's new book. Armistice Day shows that the effects of war don't end when the war ends. It focuses on peace memorials and peace makers and suggests different ways in which we can celebrate peace. In this book, you will discover--the meaning of armistice; how the First World War ended; the terrible impact of the influenza epidemic; what happened when the troops returned home; when Armistice Day became Remembrance Day. Drawing on illustrations, photographs, interviews and first-hand accounts, this is a gripping, moving descriptions of the aftermath of war in Europe, giving readers a clear understanding of the establishment of the United Nations and New Zealand's role in international peacekeeping.

Armistice Day Address, Vol. 19: Delivered at the Armistice Day Convocation of the University of Illinois, November 11, 1921 (Classic Reprint)

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Author : Milton J. Foreman
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483725621
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Armistice Day Address, Vol. 19: Delivered at the Armistice Day Convocation of the University of Illinois, November 11, 1921 (Classic Reprint) written by Milton J. Foreman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Armistice Day Address, Vol. 19: Delivered at the Armistice Day Convocation of the University of Illinois, November 11, 1921 It 18 impossible to address an audience composed so largely of young men and women on the anniversary of Armistice Day without reﬂecting on the meaning of that day to the young men and women of America. When silence fell at eleven o'clock on November 11, 1918, after more than four interminable years of the unbelievable noise of war, those of us elders who listened In that instant of heal ing peace, thought first Of all: This saves our young men. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Armistice Day, November 11th, 1923. Form of Service to be Observed at the Great Silence

Author : ARMISTICE DAY.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (556 download)

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Download or read book Armistice Day, November 11th, 1923. Form of Service to be Observed at the Great Silence written by ARMISTICE DAY. and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tree of Memory

Author : Grace Celeste Moses
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Tree of Memory written by Grace Celeste Moses and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Armistice Day

Author : A. P. Sanford
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260839152
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Armistice Day written by A. P. Sanford and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Armistice Day: An Anthology of the Best Prose and Verse on Patriotism, the Great War, the Armistice; Its History, Observance, Spirit and Significance; Victory, the Unknown Soldier and His Brothers, and Peace A young orderly burst into the Mars hospital ward and a tingling hush of premonition leaped from bed to bed down the long double row of wounded officers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.