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Offers the first account to simultaneously examine relations between British, French, and American soldiers during the First World War
Draws on a wealth of materials from Britain, France, and America
Provides a transnational approach, and combines military, social, and cultural history
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
“Chris Kempshall’s work is an excellent example of blending the military history of the war with social and cultural history. He shows that soldiers never lived in national silos on the Western Front, but were well aware of the presence of their allies, and found that they could inspire curiosity, admiration, jealousy, or even contempt. His work is a brilliant insight into the sheer complexity of soldiers’ lives on the Western Front.” (Mark Connelly, University of Kent, UK)
“Froggies, Sammies, and Tommies fought together on the Western Front against a common enemy and, occasionally, against each other. Using vivid examples from postal control records and private diaries and letters, Chris Kempshall illuminates a rarely seen aspect of the First World War fighting: French, American and British perceptions of their allies. He charts initial reactions of the rank-and-file to a foreign and mostly unknown “other”, and then their changing attitudes over four years of war.” (Elizabeth Greenhalgh, University of New South Wales, Australia)
“This is a fascinating study which sheds new light on the friendships and frictions between “allied” soldiers on the Western Front. Exhaustive research in archives on both sides of the Atlantic has enabled Chris Kempshall to recover an absorbing social history of inter-allied relations, which goes well beyond traditional narratives centred around the actions and agency of political elites. An invaluable addition to the literature examining the armies that fought and won the Great War.” (Sam Edwards, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
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Canterbury, United Kingdom
Chris Kempshall
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: British, French and American Relations on the Western Front, 1914–1918
Authors: Chris Kempshall
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89465-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89464-5Published: 28 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07777-8Published: 22 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-89465-2Published: 16 June 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 306
Number of Illustrations: 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Military, History of France, History of Britain and Ireland, US History, World History, Global and Transnational History