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Steady the buffs! : a regiment, a region, and the Great War /
This is an examination of the backgrounds and attitudes of officers, men, and their families to the war and looks at its impact on the military and civil community. The book tests the theories about the British army in the war and some of the conclusions of modern military historians.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | OUP E-Books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Maps
- List of Illustrations
- List of Conventions and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Officers and Men
- 2. Shock, 1914
- 3. Adjusting to the Western Front: January 1915-Spring 1916
- 4. Raiding, 1915-1918: Learning on the Job or Unnecessary Attrition?
- 5. Learning: The Buffs on the Somme
- 6. Applying: 1917
- 7. Defending: January-April 1918
- 8. Winning: July-November 1918
- 9. Remembering
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- 1a: Places of birth, residence, and enlistment, 1914
- 1b: Places of birth, residence, and enlistment, 1918
- 1c: Buffs soldiers condemned to death, 1914-19
- 2a: Buffs raids
- 2b: Overall casualties incurred by the Buffs during raids
- 3a: Table: Buffs actions, 1914-15
- 3b: Table: Buffs on the Somme, 1916
- 3c: Table: Buffs actions, 1917
- 3d: Table: Buffs in the '100 Days', 1918
- Bibliography
- Buffs Index
- B
- C
- D
- F
- K
- N
- O
- P
- R
- W
- General Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- F
- G
- H
- J
- K
- L
- M
- P
- R
- S
- T
- W
- Last Page.