And half the seed of Europe : a genealogy of the Great War, 1914-1918 / Christopher Blake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blake, Christopher R. L., author.

Contributor:

Mercer University Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Influence.

World War, 1914-1918--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

151 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Macon, Georgia : Mercer Unviversity Press, 2017.

Summary:

While the Great War was hoped to be the War to End All Wars, it instead launched a series of geo-political struggles that defined the future century, and in the shadow of which we still live today. But the war was also very personal, shaping the lives of those who went to war, their loved ones, their families, and their future. That story of family is rarely examined in terms of the impact of the Great War. In this book, several family members, British and American, are the context for an understanding of how the War shaped our lives both in the past, and going forward.

Contents:

1 Doughboy Heroes on Coleman Hill 1

2 Age Shall Not Weary Them, Nor The Years Condemn 9

3 Garden Lawns and Flanders Fields 19

4 A Bombardier's Testament of Youth 37

5 Once More unto the Breach, Dear Friends 57

6 Gas! Gas! Quick Boys! An Ecstasy of Fumbling 73

7 Then it's Tommy This, an' Tommy That, an' Tommy How's Yer Soul? 87

8 Their Name Liveth for Evermore 97

9 Retreat, Hell! We Just Got Here 109

10 Daddy, What Did You Do in the Great War? 129.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-148) and index.

ISBN:

9780881466355

0881466352

OCLC:

1005079709