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The 51st (Highland) Division during the First World War
The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the 51st (Highland) division over the course of the First World War. Underpinning the study is an analysis of both change and continuity, at home and overseas, and the performance of the division as a fighting unit. The key themes identified for study have been …
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The Church of England in the First World War.
<p>The Church of England was at a crossroads in 1914 as the First World War began. The war was seen as an opportunity to revitalize it and return it to its role of prominence in society. In comparison to other areas of study, the role of the Church of England during this time period is inadequately …
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Reanimating the Wound: Dermatilliomanic Practice and the First World War
… practice to examine a melancholic shadow cast by the First World War. The mode of inquiry is predicated upon the persistence of the past in the present, and upon a personal need to purge a persisting familial grief. To inform this stance there is systematic engagement with cathartic and redemptive …
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The Role of Winston Churchill in the First World War
<p>In writing this thesis I have emphasized the qualities of vigor, ability and foresight that Churchill showed to such a statesmanlike degree in the last war, also the special technical training in ships, tanks, planes and their use that he gained. I have endeavored to point out in what ways these …
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Remembering the Forgotten Genocide: Armenia in the First World War.
<p>The Ottoman Empire was in serious decline by the late nineteenth century. Years of misrule, war, and oppression of its various nationalities had virtually driven the Turks from Europe, leaving the weakened Empire on the verge of collapse. By the 1870s the Armenians were the most troubling group, …
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British intelligence and American neutrality during the First World War
This PhD examines the role of British intelligence in Anglo-American relations during the period of American neutrality in the First \Vorld \Var. Unbeknownst to the Americans, British intelligence began to intercept and decrypt virtually all American diplomatic telegrams between Washington and U.S. …
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Mobilizing charity: non‐uniformed voluntary action during the First World War
This study proposes that the voluntary sector in the UK underwent major managerial and state‐directional change during the period of the Great War, as a concerted response to but also enabling it to make important contributions to the war effort. It provides an important challenge to that …
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The Ottoman Empire in the first world war: A rational disaster
<p>The Ottoman Empire's entry into the First World War in October 1914 represents a break in over a century of diplomacy in the Middle East. Previous study of late Ottoman politics has focused more upon the European states with imperial interests in the Middle East and has not adequately explained …
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Sickness and Service: The British Army and the First World War
… oncernss icknessa nd ill health experiencedb y the British Army during the First World War. A review of the literature has confirmed that this issue offers considerable scope for further exploration by historians, and is an issue that continues to remain in the shadow of the wounded.The focus …
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The Diplomacy of Belgian War Aims During The First World War
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-13T20:25:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7811274.pdf: 54916977 bytes, checksum: 27fbd88de3ba96eadfbd2c686d104f70 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1977
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Migration, Colonialism, and Belonging: Tunisians Around the First World War, 1911-1925
<p>This dissertation analyzes the little-examined transnational experiences of ordinary North Africans around the First World War, demonstrating how the war catalyzed a wide and unexpected range of concepts of political and social belonging. With the Mediterranean once again the site of massive …
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Bulgaria's Entry Into the First World War: A Diplomatic Study, 1913-1915
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-13T20:25:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7709031.pdf: 10238695 bytes, checksum: dfd86b75149bca9573e4b8b090775c95 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1976
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Business unusual : art in Britain during the First World War, 1914-1918
The cultural consequences of the First World War have been debated for decades but a fully satisfactory account of its effect on British art is still wanting. Art historians' privileging of modern over traditional, front line over home front and dissenting truth over prevailing opinion has resulted …
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