European History: First World War

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See also: European History

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  Angels Of Mercy: Nurses On The Western Front
  Eileen Crofton - Paperback - Birlinn
  This story relates the wartime experiences of a group of women who ran a hospital near the trenches during World War I, often under conditions of great hardship. Told largely through letters home and diaries, it throws light on wartime conditions and the cause of women's suffrage.
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  Healing The Nation: Prisoners Of War, Medicine And Nationalism In Turkey, 1914-1939
  Yucel Yanikdag - Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
  Yucei Yanikdag explores how, during the Great War, Ottoman prisoners of war and military doctors discursively constructed their nation as a community, and at the same time attempted to exclude certain groups from that nation. Those excluded were not always the ethnic or religious Other as might be expected. They frequently included the internal Other in different guises.
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  The Women Of Royaumont: A Scottish Women's Hospital On The Western Front
  Eileen Crofton - Paperback - John Donald
  This is the story of the wartime experiences of a group of women who ran a field hospital near the trenches during World War I, often under conditions of great hardship. Drawing on the women's diaries and letters home, the text paints a picture of life in this key wartime hospital.
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  The Grand Scuttle: The Sinking Of The German Fleet At Scapa Flow In 1919
  Dan Van der Vat - Paperback - Birlinn
  The scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow has beome folk legend in both Germany and Britain. This book retells the story, with contemporary photographs and eye-witness accounts, and an interesting new perspective.
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  Jutland To Junkyard: The Raising Of The Scuttled German High Seas Fleet From Scapa Flow
  S. C. George - Paperback - Birlinn
  In June 1919 the German High Seas Fleet, one of the most powerful in history, sank in Scapa Flow. From 1924 the fleet was raised, ship by ship, and scrapped. This is the story of the salvage operation and the drama and ingenuity involved.
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  The Good Soldier: The Biography Of Douglas Haig
  Gary Mead - Paperback - Atlantic
  Rather than vilify Haig as a donkey who sent lions to the slaughter, this book demonstrates that Haig was very much the product of late Victorian Britain and its army. It looks at his early life and army career as well as covering the First World War and Haig's work on behalf of ex-servicemen's organizations.
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  The Good Soldier: The Biography Of Douglas Haig
  Gary Mead - Hardback - Atlantic
  Rather than vilify Haig as a donkey who sent lions to the slaughter, this book demonstrates that Haig was very much the product of late Victorian Britain and its army. It looks at his early life and army career as well as covering the First World War and Haig's work on behalf of ex-servicemen's organizations.
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  Scottish Voices From The Great War
  Derek Young - Paperback - Tempus
  Using letters, diaries and first-hand accounts together with original photographs, Derek Young presents the real story of Scotland's soldiers in the First World War.
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  Private 12768: Memoir Of A Tommy
  John Jackson - Paperback - Tempus
  This text contains a newly discovered account of life in the trenches that challenges our perception of how British troops viewed the First World War.
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  Cox's Navy: Salvaging The German High Seas Fleet At Scapa Flow 1924-1931
  Tony Booth - Hardback - Pen & Sword Maritime
  On a mid-summer's day in 1919, the interned German Grand Fleet was scuttled by their crews at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. This book describes the biggest salvage operation ever undertaken, and the role played by Ernest Cox, a Wolverhampton-born scrap merchant.