The embattled self: French soldiers' testimony of the Great War

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How did the soldiers in the trenches of the Great War understand and explain battlefield experience, and themselves through that experience? Situated at the intersection of military history and cultural history, The Embattled Self draws on the testimony of French combatants to explore how combatants...

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Main Author: Smith, Leonard V. 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press [2014]
In:Year: 2014
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B France / Soldier / World War
B French language / War stories / World War (Motif)
B Girard, René 1923-2015
Further subjects:B Europe / France / HISTORY
B lived experience in war
B Europe
B Experience account
B humanity and war
B WWI
B french cultural history
B History
B french combatants
B battlefield experience
B World War I / HISTORY / Military
B Military History
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