A War in Words

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471136809
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Book Synopsis A War in Words by : Svetlana Palmer

Download or read book A War in Words written by Svetlana Palmer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-13 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Departing radically from traditional histories, A WAR IN WORDS tells the story of the First World War on a compelling, human scale through the letters and diaries of its participants -- whether combatants, eyewitnesses or victims. This was a young person's war and these people record their experiences with all the immediacy and passion of youth. They talk to us directly from within the war itself and from all sides of the conflict -- from the testimony of a Serbian teenager, one of Franz Ferdinand's assassins, to the final entry from a French soldier as he revisits a battlefield in 1919, realising he and the rest of the world have changed irrevocably. Most of these letters and diaries have never been published in English before. They were uncovered during extensive research across twenty-eight countries for the major ten-part series THE FIRST WORLD WAR, broadcast on Channel 4 in autumn 2003. The series will introduce many of the characters who appear in this book and will, like the book, recount the complex history of the war though the lives of the individuals caught up in it.

Writing a War of Words

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192642782
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)

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Book Synopsis Writing a War of Words by : Lynda Mugglestone

Download or read book Writing a War of Words written by Lynda Mugglestone and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing a War of Words is the first exploration of the war-time quest by Andrew Clark - a writer, historian, and volunteer on the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary - to document changes in the English language from the start of the First World War up to 1919. Clark's unique series of lexical scrapbooks, replete with clippings, annotations, and real-time definitions, reveals a desire to put living language history to the fore, and to create a record of often fleeting popular use. The rise of trench warfare, the Zeppelinophobia of total war, and descriptions of shellshock (and raid shock on the Home Front) all drew his attentive gaze. The archive includes examples from a range of sources, such as advertising, newspapers, and letters from the Front, as well as documenting social issues such as the shifting forms of representation as women 'did their bit' on the Home Front. Lynda's Mugglestone's fascinating investigation of this valuable archive reassesses the conventional accounts of language history during this period, recuperates Clark himself as another 'forgotten lexicographer', challenges the received wisdom on the inexpressibilities of war, and examines the role of language as an interdisciplinary lens on history.

War Written Words

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1467825484
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (678 download)

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Download or read book War Written Words written by kgcummings and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-03-08 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brother against Brother, brings to mind the War Between the States. World War One, was called the War to End All Wars, and the Great War, until the Big One. World War Two. The Forgotten War? Korea. Yet, never to be forgotten is Viet Nam, the Hated War. In spite of cries for peace and love, Viet Nam became the war fought in living rooms across America. The mid 1960’s saw the beginning of changes in attitudes that would trigger social unrest. Two people, one love, separated by time and distance with a despised war on one side, and growing protests to make love, not war on the other. The epistolary War Written Words is in the form of a series of letters exchanged by the characters, Jeff and Beth Madison during his tour of duty in South East Asia, with the exception of the three chapters at the end.

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ISBN 13 : 9781425991944
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (919 download)

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Book Synopsis War Written Words by : Kgcummings

Download or read book War Written Words written by Kgcummings and published by . This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Language of the Birds is a masterpiece of Eastern Turkish literature (now Uzbek), and was written by one of Central Asia's most prominent poets, Alisher Nava'i, shortly before his death in 1501. The story begins with the birds of the world realizing they are far from their king and so they begin their arduous journey with the assistance of the wise bird Hoopoe as their guide. Hoopoe listens to their complaints and excuses along the way and encourages them to seek true life even though the journey is sometimes painful. This epic poem in prose form contains many anecdotes and stories from the oral history of the Silk Road and Islam. Through this story, people are exhorted to rise above any excuse they might have in their spiritual pilgrimage. Alisher Nava'i (1441-1501) is renowned in Central Asia for his numerous writings and lasting influence in Uzbekistan as well as the contemporary Central Asian republics. In modern Uzbekistan, Nava'i is revered above all other poets and his presence is still found streets, museums, and even a province and city are name after him. His proverbs are found throughout Central Asia and he is considered the father of the Uzbek language. His words for peace and against oppression are as timely today as they were 5 centuries ago. Nava'i lived in Herat, Afghanistan. His writings, endowments, and his life example have had lasting influence in Central Asia. In The Language of the Birds, we are introduced to what Nava'i thought is important in life. It is a world of love that goes beyond the rational and is ready to endure anything for the beloved. This book is for anyone who values great historical literature, as well as those needing inspiration in his or her own pilgrimage in life.

The War of Words

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300258291
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis The War of Words by : Harold James

Download or read book The War of Words written by Harold James and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely call for recovering the true meanings of the nineteenth-century terms that are hobbling current political debates "Masterful. . . . James cuts through the tangled terminological and conceptual jungle of modern globalist discourse . . . [with] fascinating discussions of the origins and meanings of the words."--G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs "James delves into the often-surprising intellectual origins of key concepts in the arguments about globalisation--and illuminates the debate in the process."--Gideon Rachman, Financial Times, "Best Books of 2021: Politics" Nationalism, conservatism, liberalism, socialism, and capitalism are among the most fiercely debated ideas in contemporary politics. Since these concepts hark back to the nineteenth century, much of their nuanced meaning has been lost, and the words are most often used as epithets that short-circuit productive discussion. In this insightful book, Harold James uncovers the origins of these concepts and examines how the problematic definition and meaning of each term has become an obstacle to respectful communication. Noting that similar linguistic misunderstandings accompany such newer ideas as geopolitics, neoliberalism, technocracy, and globalism, James argues that a rich historical knowledge of the vocabulary surrounding globalization, politics, and economics--particularly the meaning and the usefulness that drove the original conceptions of the terms--is needed to negotiate the gaps between different understandings and make fruitful political debate once again possible.

War of Words

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Publisher : Resources for Changing Lives
ISBN 13 : 9780875526041
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)

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Book Synopsis War of Words by : Paul David Tripp

Download or read book War of Words written by Paul David Tripp and published by Resources for Changing Lives. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Tripp identifies the attitudes and assumptions behind our words and shows how to develop God-honoring communication.

Words for War

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Publisher : Academic Studies PRess
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (871 download)

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Book Synopsis Words for War by : Oksana Maksymchuk

Download or read book Words for War written by Oksana Maksymchuk and published by Academic Studies PRess. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The armed conflict in the east of Ukraine brought about an emergence of a distinctive trend in contemporary Ukrainian poetry: the poetry of war. Directly and indirectly, the poems collected in this volume engage with the events and experiences of war, reflecting on the themes of alienation, loss, dislocation, and disability; as well as justice, heroism, courage, resilience, generosity, and forgiveness. In addressing these themes, the poems also raise questions about art, politics, citizenship, and moral responsibility. The anthology brings together some of the most compelling poetic voices from different regions of Ukraine. Young and old, female and male, somber and ironic, tragic and playful, filled with extraordinary terror and ordinary human delights, the voices recreate the human sounds of war in its tragic complexity.

The War that Used Up Words

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300195028
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis The War that Used Up Words by : Hazel Hutchison

Download or read book The War that Used Up Words written by Hazel Hutchison and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this provocative study, Hazel Hutchison takes a fresh look at the roles of American writers in helping to shape national opinion and policy during the First World War. From the war's opening salvos in Europe, American writers recognized the impact the war would have on their society and sought out new strategies to express their horror, support, or resignation. By focusing on the writings of Henry James, Edith Wharton, Grace Fallow Norton, Mary Borden, Ellen La Motte, E. E. Cummings, and John Dos Passos, Hutchison examines what it means to be a writer in wartime, particularly in the midst of a conflict characterized by censorship and propaganda. Drawing on original letters and manuscripts, some never before seen by researchers, this book explores howthe essays, poetry, and novels of these seven literary figures influenced America's public view of events, from August 1914 through the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, and ultimately set the literary agenda for later, more celebrated texts about the war"--

The War of Words

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520970373
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Book Synopsis The War of Words by : Anthony Burke

Download or read book The War of Words written by Anthony Burke and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Kenneth Burke conceived his celebrated “Motivorum” project in the 1940s and 1950s, he envisioned it in three parts. Whereas the third part, A Symbolic of Motives, was never finished, A Grammar of Motives (1945) and A Rhetoric of Motives (1950) have become canonical theoretical documents. A Rhetoric of Motives was originally intended to be a two-part book. Here, at last, is the second volume, the until-now unpublished War of Words, where Burke brilliantly exposes the rhetorical devices that sponsor war in the name of peace. Discouraging militarism during the Cold War even as it catalogues belligerent persuasive strategies and tactics that remain in use today, The War of Words reveals how popular news media outlets can, wittingly or not, foment international tensions and armaments during tumultuous political periods. This authoritative edition includes an introduction from the editors explaining the compositional history and cultural contexts of both The War of Words and A Rhetoric of Motives. The War of Words illuminates the study of modern rhetoric even as it deepens our understanding of post–World War II politics.

War of Words, War of Stones

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Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 025322280X
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (532 download)

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Book Synopsis War of Words, War of Stones by : Jonathon Glassman

Download or read book War of Words, War of Stones written by Jonathon Glassman and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-21 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Swahili coast of Africa is often described as a paragon of transnational culture and racial fluidity. Yet, during a brief period in the 1960s, Zanzibar became deeply divided along racial lines as intellectuals and activists, engaged in bitter debates about their nation's future, ignited a deadly conflict that spread across the island. War of Words, War of Stones explores how violently enforced racial boundaries arose from Zanzibar's entangled history. Jonathon Glassman challenges explanations that assume racial thinking in the colonial world reflected only Western ideas. He shows how Africans crafted competing ways of categorizing race from local tradition and engagement with the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds.

Words of Conflict, Words of War

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313376778
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Book Synopsis Words of Conflict, Words of War by : Fathali M. Moghaddam

Download or read book Words of Conflict, Words of War written by Fathali M. Moghaddam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-05-05 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly insightful and cohesive group of studies reveals the power of political narratives to create conflict and peace. Words of Conflict, Words of War: How the Language We Use in Political Processes Sparks Fighting is a fascinating exploration of the narratives leaders use to position both themselves and others in the course of political processes that lead to peace or conflict. Drawing on the relatively new field of "positioning theory," expert essays provide insights into the ways words position us—for better or worse—and influence our intended results. The focus on narratives, from the interpersonal to the international, leads to a better understanding of political processes and conflict resolution. Part one of the study deals with micropolitics and personal positioning. Part two explores positioning by political parties and factions. Links between micro and macro are illustrated by leadership studies of individuals such as President Barak Obama, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President George W. Bush, Governor Sarah Palin, and the Reverend Ian Paisley. The focus throughout is on how a leader can use language to redirect collective politics in support of conflict or of peace.

Words of War

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Words of War written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes both fiction and nonfiction showing the American viewpoint of the Vietnam War and its aftermath.

War of Words

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134306431
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Book Synopsis War of Words by : Sandra Silberstein

Download or read book War of Words written by Sandra Silberstein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a media age, wars are waged not only with bombs and planes but also with video and sound bites. War of Words is an incisive report from the linguistic battlefields, probing the tales told about September 11th to show how Americans created consensus in the face of terror. Capturing the campaigns for America's hearts, minds, wallets and votes, Silberstein traces the key cultural conflicts that surfaced after the attacks and beyond: the attacks on critical intellectuals for their perceived 'blame America first' attitude the symbiotic relationship between terrorists and the media (mis)representations of Al Qaeda and the Taliban used to justify military action the commercialisation of September 11th news as 'entertainment' when covering tragic events. Now featuring a new chapter on the Second Anniversary and Beyond, including: the war in Iraq, the backlash against former 'heroes' and accusations of presidential mendacity. A perceptive and disturbing account, War of Words reveals the role of the media in manufacturing events and illuminates the shifting sands of American collective identity in the post September 11th world.

War of Words

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Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 9781888363715
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (637 download)

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Book Synopsis War of Words by : Benjamin Pogrund

Download or read book War of Words written by Benjamin Pogrund and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2000-03-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Benjamin Pogrund, one of South Africa's most distinguished journalists, first began his career as a young reporter in the 1950s, "There had been little reason at that stage to believe that anything revolutionary was about to start." As the "African affairs reporter," and then deputy editor, it was Pogrund who first brought the words of black leaders like Robert Sobukwe and Nelson Mandela to the pages of South Africa's leading newspaper, the Rand Daily Mail. This was the period of apartheid in South Africa and for most of the next thirty years, the Rand Daily Mail was the country's liberal white voice against the tyranny of the Afrikaner Nationalist government. A riveting memoir and a complex commentary on apartheid and freedom of the press, War of Words offers an insider's perspective on one of the most turbulent, and arguably one of the most significant, periods in modern history.

War Words: Language, History and the Disciplining of English

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 0585473870
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (854 download)

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Book Synopsis War Words: Language, History and the Disciplining of English by : Urszula Clark

Download or read book War Words: Language, History and the Disciplining of English written by Urszula Clark and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debates about the nature of literacy and literacy practices have been conducted extensively in the last fifteen years or so. The fact that both previous and current British governments have effectively suppressed any real debate makes the publication of this book both timely and important. Here, Urszula Clark stresses the underlying ideological character of such debates and shows that they have deep historical roots. She also makes the point that issues regarding the relationship between language and identity, especially national identity, become sharply focused at times of crisis in that identity. By undertaking a comparison with other major English-speaking countries, most notably Australia, New Zealand and the USA, Clark shows how these times of crisis reverberate around the globe.

War Letters

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439107319
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Book Synopsis War Letters by : Andrew Carroll

Download or read book War Letters written by Andrew Carroll and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-23 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1998, Andrew Carroll founded the Legacy Project, with the goal of remembering Americans who have served their nation and preserving their letters for posterity. Since then, over 50,000 letters have poured in from around the country. Nearly two hundred of them comprise this amazing collection -- including never-before-published letters that appear in the new afterword. Here are letters from the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, the Cold War, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf war, Somalia, and Bosnia -- dramatic eyewitness accounts from the front lines, poignant expressions of love for family and country, insightful reflections on the nature of warfare. Amid the voices of common soldiers, marines, airmen, sailors, nurses, journalists, spies, and chaplains are letters by such legendary figures as Gen. William T. Sherman, Clara Barton, Theodore Roosevelt, Ernie Pyle, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Julia Child, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, and Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Sr. Collected in War Letters, they are an astonishing historical record, a powerful tribute to those who fought, and a celebration of the enduring power of letters.

War and Words

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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443894249
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Book Synopsis War and Words by : Wojciech Drąg

Download or read book War and Words written by Wojciech Drąg and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the vast body of texts inspired by warfare – from The Iliad to Maus – war writing is perpetually haunted by the notions of unrepresentability and inadequacy. War and Words examines the methods, conventions and pitfalls of constructing verbal accounts of military conflict in literature and the media. This multifocal study draws on a wide array of theoretical perspectives, including feminism, posthumanism, masculinity, trauma, spatiality and media studies, and brings together such diverse material as canonical literature, war veterans’ testimonies, imaginative fiction, computer games, English curricula, and Al-Qaeda’s propaganda pieces. In five consecutive sections – “Spreading War Propaganda”, “Reconstructing War Spaces”, “Envisioning War”, “Gendering War”, and “Teaching War” – the contributors consider war in its manifold aspects: as an ideological tool used for propaganda purposes, as a spatial reconstruction performed for the critical reassessment of past conflicts, as a projection (or extrapolation) of possible future conflicts and their social repercussions, as a political statement to deconstruct the oppressive nature of violence, and, finally, as a didactic tool to foster empathy. This collection will appeal primarily to academics specialising in English and American literature, but also to those researching media, gender, and game studies.