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The Truce: The Day the War Stopped
Chris Baker
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Description for The Truce: The Day the War Stopped
Paperback. A fascinating new study of the events leading up to and during one of the most poignant events of the First World War, the Christmas Truce 1914. Num Pages: 208 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 142.
The Christmas Truce is regarded as a satisfying and hopeful event in a war that is often regarded as unnecessary, bitter, hopeless and futile. Many accounts give a warm, poignant view of the event, to the extent it has gained totemic significance in the minds of the general public. Inspired by the centenary, and in the light of documentary evidence unavailable when previous accounts have been published, Chris Baker examines the events leading up to the 1914 truce. Some of the most flawed and costly attacks made by the British during the war occurred during December 1914, ... Read more
The Christmas Truce is regarded as a satisfying and hopeful event in a war that is often regarded as unnecessary, bitter, hopeless and futile. Many accounts give a warm, poignant view of the event, to the extent it has gained totemic significance in the minds of the general public. Inspired by the centenary, and in the light of documentary evidence unavailable when previous accounts have been published, Chris Baker examines the events leading up to the 1914 truce. Some of the most flawed and costly attacks made by the British during the war occurred during December 1914, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445659602
SKU
V9781445659602
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-99
About Chris Baker
Chris Baker is a well-known name among those with an interest in the Great War. He is a former Chairman of the Western Front Association, author of the website `The Long, Long Trail' and founder of the Great War Forum. Chris is a Member and Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Birmingham's Centre for First World War Studies, and ... Read more
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