| Series |
Human dimensions in foreign policy, military studies, and security studies
Human dimensions in foreign policy, military studies, and security studies ; 17. ^A1326036
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| Contents |
Fragments from France and Belgium: Visiting Battlefields, 1914-18 -- Postcards from the Hotel -- Postcards from the Road -- Postcard Scenes: Devastation -- Postcards from Veterans -- Postcards from Pilgrims -- Postcards from Tourists -- Postcards from Ypres (and Its Salient) -- Postcards from Arras -- Postcards from Thiepval -- Postcards from Behind the Lines: Armenti̐ueres, Bailleul, B̐uethune, Poperinghe ́Œ and Around -- ĹEnvoi. |
| Abstract |
"Visitors to the battlefields of France and Belgium expressed pain and anguish, pride and nostalgia, and wonder and surprise at what they saw. Postcards from the Western Front chronicles the many ways in which these sites were perceived and commemorated by British people, both during the First World War and in the twenty years following the Armistice. Mark Connellýs definitive and engaging study of the former Western Front examines how different and distinctive sub-communities--regional, ethnic and religious, civilian and armed forces--influenced the depth and strength of the visiting publićs relationship with the battlefields, all the while comparing and contrasting this relationship with the viewpoint of the French and Belgian inhabitants of the devastated regions. Drawing from a vast archival history, a number of interlocking themes reveal themselves, including the lingering presence of the battlefields in the British domestic imagination, the often fraught experience of visiting the battlefields, memorials and cemeteries functioning as part of a historical-testimony to wartime realities, and the interactions between visitors and the people living in these former fighting zones. Thought focused on French and Belgian sites, Connelly nevertheless provides insight into other major battlefields fought over by troops from the British Empire. Extensively illustrated with black and white photographs depicting battlefield tourism, Postcards from the Western Front offers a groundbreaking perspective on landscapes that rarely left anyone--whether tourist, inhabitant, veteran, or pilgrim--unmoved."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic format. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Connelly, Mark. Postcards from the Western Front. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queeńs University Press, 2022 0228012643 9780228012641 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 9780228011903 |
| ISBN | 0228011906 |
| ISBN | 0228011892 |
| ISBN | 9780228011897 (cloth) |
