world war, 1914-1918

A collection of nine critical essays on Hemingway's novel "A Farewell to Arms" arranged in chronological order of publication.

In 1914, on the eve of the First World War, Cyril is off to fight, Anthea is at art college, Robert is a Cambridge scholar, and Jane is at high school when the sand fairy, Psammead, suddenly reappears, and his magic has a more serious purpose than when the siblings were children.

Artist Edouard Lefevre leaves his young wife, Sophie, to fight at the front. When their small town falls to the Germans in the midst of World War II, Edouard's portrait of Sophie draws the eye of the new Kommandant.

Presents the events that led to World War I, and examines the causes for which the combatants risked their lives.

Historian Robert MacIver creates a strange tale about men in the trenches of the First World War, forcing himself to relive his own experiences in the war and the impact they had on his life.

Published during the war's centennial, this is the story of the First World War through forty propaganda posters. Essays explain each poster, unpacking the visual imagery and setting the poster within the military, political, social and cultural history of the war. Informative, provocative, and entertaining discussion of posters that are historical documents and works of art Tracks the history of the war, from mobilization and recruitment to war bond drives and efforts to sustain morale amid costly battles Covers the United States, Britain, Canada, Germany, Austria and France.

Nineteen-year-old John Shaw returns from World War One and is haunted by nightmares of not only the battles but the horrifying discovery that his regimental commander is descended from Count Dracula.

Covers the early years, education, and war experiences of 104 African American physicians who volunteered their services during World War I. These 104 men joined the U.S. Army to care for the 40,000 men of the 92nd and 93rd Divisions, the Army's only Black combat units. The 93rd arrived in Europe to help the French fill the gaps in their decimated lines. The 92nd division came later and fought alongside the white American units. Some of these doctors rose to prominence, others died young or later succumbed to the economic and social challenges of the times.

In 1917, United States military forces began to leave for France to help with the Allied defeat of Imperial Germany along the Western Front in 1918. World War I had become the most destructive war in human history up to that point. Two million American soldiers were sent to help the Allies. Private First Class Elmer O. Smith of Michigan was one of those soldiers. His diary and letters have been placed into historical context to describe how a typical American soldier underwent training to fight with his unit. Private Smith was seriously wounded in an artillery attack in his third day at the front but he recovered and returned to fight for the last ninety days of the war.