Pilgrims, Veterans, and Tourists after the Great War
by Mark Connelly
Price:
CA$140.00
ISBN: 9780228011897
Pub Date: September 2022
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
A groundbreaking, richly-illustrated study of how a sense of place was created on the battlefields of the Western Front by soldiers, veterans, and tourists during the First World War and in the interwar period, Postcards from the Western Front is compelling reading for the wide array of people interested in the history of war, and its aftereffects.
Pilgrims, Veterans, and Tourists after the Great War
by Mark Connelly
Price:
CA$42.95
ISBN: 9780228011903
Pub Date: September 2022
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
A groundbreaking, richly-illustrated study of how a sense of place was created on the battlefields of the Western Front by soldiers, veterans, and tourists during the First World War and in the interwar period, Postcards from the Western Front is compelling reading for the wide array of people interested in the history of war, and its aftereffects.
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