A British soldier walked over to the German front line to deliver newspapers; British women married to Germans became 'enemy aliens' in their own country; a high-ranking British POW discussed his own troops' heroism with the Kaiser on the battlefield. Just three amazing stories of contact between the opposing sides in the Great War that eminent historian Richard van Emden has unearthed - incidents that show brutality, great humanity, and above all the bizarre nature of a conflict between two nations with long-standing ties of kinship and friendship. Meeting the Enemy reveals for the first time how contact was maintained on many levels throughout the War, and its stories, sometimes funny, often moving, give us a new perspective on the lives of ordinary men and women caught up in extraordinary events.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
9781408843352
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208880290
Product Key Features
Author
Richard Van Emden
Publication Name
Meeting the Enemy: the Human Face of the Great War
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
198mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
346g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Richard Van Emden
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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