Killing time: archaeology and the first world war
Saunders, Nicholas J
Cover; Title; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Excavating Memories: Great War Archaeology; Chapter 2 Bodies of Metal, Shells of Memory; Chapter 3 Landscapes of Memory; Chapter 4 Bones of the Somme; Chapter 5 Beneath Flanders Fields; Chapter 6 Legacies and Visions of War; Chapter 7 Beyond the Western Front; Chapter 8 Recent Developments; References; Copyright.;The passage of time has all but extinguished any living memory of the Great War of 1914-1918 but the experiences of those who fought in the trenches of the Somme and Flanders have since become epic history and the stuff of legend. Today, hardly a month passes without some dramatic and sometimes tragic discovery being made along the old killing fields of the Western Front. Graves of British soldiers buried during battle - still lying in rows seemingly arm in arm or found crouching at the entrance to a dugout; whole 'underground cities' of trenches, dugouts and shelters have been preserved in th.
వర్గాలు:
సంవత్సరం:
2011
ప్రచురణకర్త:
The History Press
భాష:
english
పేజీల సంఖ్య:
318
ISBN 10:
0752476181
ISBN 13:
9780752476186
ఫైల్:
EPUB, 722 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2011