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Author Williams, John F

Title Modernity, the Media and the Military : the Creation of National Mythologies on the Western Front 1914-1918
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (264 pages)
Series Cass Military Studies, 10
Cass Military Studies, 10
Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Skirmishes; 1 Lille 1914; 2 In Flanders' muddied maze; 3 White and coloured Englishmen; 4 The German offensive 20-31 October 1914; 5 1914 'Better a wet arse . . .'; 6 1914 The First Noël; Part II Stellungskrieg; 7 1915 Neuve Chapelle; 8 1915 Aubers Ridge; 9 1915 Festubert and the laws of attrition; 10 1916 The Butcher's picnics; Part III Georgette; 11 St George to Georgette; 12 9 April 1918; 13 Georgette loses steam; Epilogue; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index
Summary This new volume explores the history of an important, but neglected sector of the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 in the context of its portrayal in the media. The analysis sheds new light on of the role of the mass media in generating national mythologies
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Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Press coverage
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France -- Nord (Dept.)
National characteristics.
Collective memory.
Collective memory
Military campaigns
National characteristics
Press coverage
France -- Nord (Department)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203884577
0203884574