| Description |
1 online resource (311 pages) : illustrations |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"A candle lit in the darkness": the Christmas truce and the First World War -- "Absolute hell": the Western Front in 1914 -- "A great day with our enemies": the Christmas truce -- "No war today": the Christmas truce as reported in official war diaries and regimental histories -- "One day of peace at the front": the Christmas truce and the British press -- "That unique and weird Christmas": the Christmas truce during the war -- "The curious Christmas truce": the First World War and the Christmas truce, 1920-1959 -- "The famous Christmas truce": the First World War and the Christmas truce, 1960-1969 -- "The legendary Christmas truce": the First World War, the Christmas truce, and social history, 1970-1989 -- "Memories of Christmas 1914 persist": orthodoxy, revisionism, and the Christmas truce, 1990-2014 -- "It was peace that won": the Christmas truce and the narrative of the First World War. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Christmas Truce, 1914.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Armistices.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Grant, Peter, author of introduction, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Crocker, Terri Blom. Christmas truce : myth, memory, and the First World War. Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2015] |
| ISBN |
9780813166155 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780813166162 (electronic bk.) |
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