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Book A Student In Arms Vol  I

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  • Author : Donald Hankey
  • Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
  • Release : 2014-06-13
  • ISBN : 1782891897
  • Pages : 137 pages

Download or read book A Student In Arms Vol I written by Donald Hankey and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-13 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Donald Hankey returned home from a posting with the Royal Garrison Artillery in Mauritius, following a serious bout of illness, it seemed as though he was destined for a career in the Church. Finding the clergy schools to be too stultifying, he set to work in missionary positions in the most impoverished communities in the east of London. As the First World War began to take its ominous toll of men, the first of Kitchener’s recruiting calls was heard throughout the Empire; Hankey eschewed returning to the army as an officer and decided to enlist as a “gentleman ranker”. However, his previous military experience marked him out and he was promoted, soon after which he would embark on his first tour of duty on the Western Front. Wounded at Ypres in a daylight infantry charge across no man’s land, and having been published previously, he began to send articles to the Spectator from the front. He finally met his end on 12th October 1916 during the later phases of the battle of the Somme. John St Loe Strachey, the then editor of The Spectator, put together the articles along with unpublished papers to produce the two volume “A Student In Arms” as a tribute and memorial to Donald Hankey. Initially published in America to ensure that it passed censorship, it became a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic in short order running to many editions (this text is taken from the 16th edition). The two volumes are often reflective in tone, between the jingoistic volumes produced at the beginning of the war and the despairing disillusioned books produced afterward. It is also clear the affinity that Hankey felt for the common soldier, and made no secret of the fact that he believed that the ranker who had so little to gain from sacrificing himself for the society at home put many of his supposed betters to shame.

Book A Student in Arms

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  • Author : Donald Hankey
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2015-12-14
  • ISBN : 9781522750611
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book A Student in Arms written by Donald Hankey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Student in Arms by Donald Hankey. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1917 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.

Book A Student in Arms  Second Series

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  • Author : Donald Hankey
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-04-09
  • ISBN : 9781530983872
  • Pages : 290 pages

Download or read book A Student in Arms Second Series written by Donald Hankey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Student in Arms, Second Series by Donald Hankey. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1917 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.

Book A Student in Arms by Donald Hankey

Download or read book A Student in Arms by Donald Hankey written by Donald Hankey and published by . This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Student in Arms  Second Series

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  • Author : Donald Hankey
  • Publisher : Legare Street Press
  • Release : 2022-10-27
  • ISBN : 9781018920702
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book A Student in Arms Second Series written by Donald Hankey and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book A Student in Arms

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  • Author : Hankey Donald
  • Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
  • Release : 2016-06-23
  • ISBN : 9781318809462
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book A Student in Arms written by Hankey Donald and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Book A Student in Arms

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1917
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

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Book The First World War

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  • Author : Hew Strachan
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2003-02-06
  • ISBN : 0199261911
  • Pages : 1248 pages

Download or read book The First World War written by Hew Strachan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-02-06 with total page 1248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first truly definitive history of the First World War, the war that has done most to shape the twentieth century. The first generation of its historians had access to only a limited range of sources, and their focus was primarily on military events. More recent approaches have embraced cultural, diplomatic, economic, and social history. In Hew Strachan's authoritative and readable history these fresh perspectives are incorporated with the military and strategicnarrative. The result is an account that breaks the bounds of national preoccupations to become both global and comparative.To Arms, the first of three volumes in this magisterial study, examines not only the causes of the war and its opening clashes on land and sea, but also the ideas that underpinned it, and the motivations of the people who supported it. It provides full and pioneering accounts of the war's finances, of the war in Africa, and of the Central Powers' bid to widen the war outside Europe.

Book American Military Shoulder Arms  Volume I

Download or read book American Military Shoulder Arms Volume I written by George D. Moller and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume I: Colonial and Revolutionary War Arms focuses on the arms used from the early exploratory period throughout the colonial period and the American Revolution. Arranged chronologically, it contains definitive descriptions of the pre-flintlock and flintlock shoulder arms used in North America and detailed accounts of the development and progression of military regulation shoulder arms of the major colonial powers from the early eighteenth century through the Revolutionary War. Lavishly illustrated with more than four hundred vivid photographs of muskets, rifles, carbines, and other arms, this book offers an intelligent analysis of the shoulder arms procured and used by the colonists, colonial and state governments, and the Continental Congress.

Book A Rabble in Arms

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  • Author : Kyle F. Zelner
  • Publisher : NYU Press
  • Release : 2010-11
  • ISBN : 0814797342
  • Pages : 342 pages

Download or read book A Rabble in Arms written by Kyle F. Zelner and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While it lasted only sixteen months, King Philip’s War (1675-1676) was arguably one of the most significant of the colonial wars that wracked early America. As the first major military crisis to directly strike one of the Empire’s most important possessions: the Massachusetts Bay Colony, King Philip’s War marked the first time that Massachusetts had to mobilize mass numbers of ordinary, local men to fight. In this exhaustive social history and community study of Essex County, Massachusetts’s militia, Kyle F. Zelner boldly challenges traditional interpretations of who was called to serve during this period. Drawing on muster and pay lists as well as countless historical records, Zelner demonstrates that Essex County’s more upstanding citizens were often spared from impressments, while the “rabble” — criminals, drunkards, the poor— were forced to join active fighting units, with town militia committees selecting soldiers who would be least missed should they die in action. Enhanced by illustrations and maps, A Rabble in Arms shows that, despite heroic illusions of a universal military obligation, town fathers, to damaging effects, often placed local and personal interests above colonial military concerns.

Book A Student in Arms  Second Series

Download or read book A Student in Arms Second Series written by Donald Hankey and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Student in Arms: Second Series" by Donald Hankey. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Book STUDENT IN ARMS

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  • Author : DONALD. HANKEY
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2018
  • ISBN : 9781033212691
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book STUDENT IN ARMS written by DONALD. HANKEY and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Student in Arms

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  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1917
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 303 pages

Download or read book A Student in Arms written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Comrades in Arms

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  • Author : Tom Smith
  • Publisher : Berghahn Books
  • Release : 2020-02-03
  • ISBN : 1789205565
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book Comrades in Arms written by Tom Smith and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without question, the East German National People’s Army was a profoundly masculine institution that emphasized traditional ideals of stoicism, sacrifice, and physical courage. Nonetheless, as this innovative study demonstrates, depictions of the military in the film and literature of the GDR were far more nuanced and ambivalent. Departing from past studies that have found in such portrayals an unchanging, idealized masculinity, Comrades in Arms shows how cultural works both before and after reunification place violence, physical vulnerability, and military theatricality, as well as conscripts’ powerful emotions and desires, at the center of soldiers’ lives and the military institution itself.

Book A Student in Arms  2D Series

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  • Author : Hankey Donald William Alers 1884-1916
  • Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
  • Release : 2013-06
  • ISBN : 9781314457315
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book A Student in Arms 2D Series written by Hankey Donald William Alers 1884-1916 and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Book A Student in Arms  2D Series  by Donald Hankey  With an Introd  by J  St  Loe Strachey

Download or read book A Student in Arms 2D Series by Donald Hankey With an Introd by J St Loe Strachey written by Donald Hankey and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Student in Arms   Ist Series   11th Ed  II

Download or read book A Student in Arms Ist Series 11th Ed II written by Donald William Alers Hankey and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: