Portraits of Violence
Author: Suzannah Biernoff
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2017-03-28
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 0472130293
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInvestigates the artistic, medical, and journalistic responses to facial injury in WWI
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Portraits of War
Author: Jeff Seidel
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPortraits of Battle
Author: Peter Farrugia
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2021-04-01
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 077486494X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAll Canadians are taught about Vimy Ridge. But that celebrated victory was just one battle among many to shape the country’s experience of the First World War. Portraits of Battle brings together biography, battle accounts, and historiographical analysis to examine the lives of a cross-section of Canadians who served in the war. Contributors to this thoughtful collection consider the range of Canadians touched by war – soldiers and their loved ones, deserters, nurses, Indigenous people, those injured in body or mind – raising fundamental questions about the nature of conflict and memory. These portraits of the formerly faceless men and women honoured on war memorials fill in what is often missing from accounts of the Great War. In the process, they provide a more nuanced perspective on the complex legacy of that war in Canadian history.
War/photography
Author: Anne Tucker
Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts (Houston)
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780300177381
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains primary source material.
The Lost Tommies
Author: Ross Coulthart
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2016-05-05
Total Pages: 1136
ISBN-13: 0008110395
DOWNLOAD EBOOK‘Lost Tommies’ brings together never-before-seen images of Western Front tommies and their amazing stories in a beautiful collection that is part thriller, part family history and part national archive.
Under Siege
Author: Robert J. Young
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2000-06-01
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 178238829X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStudies on the First World War are plentiful but most tend to focus on the combatants. This volume offers a new and highly original perspective that shows the reader the civilian side of this protracted and destructive war through a succession of "snapshots": 130 excerpts from leading American and Canadian newspapers provide a collective portrait of life behind the battle lines, what is often called the "second" front. Written principally by Paris-based journalists, and intended for popular reading audiences, these articles depict ordinary people in a way that still touches the reader of today. They record eye-witness testimony of Paris under aerial bombardment, the gutted cathedrals at Reims and Arras, the cemeteries around Compiègne, the subterranean living quarters at Cambrai, and the heart-breaking orphanages at Chambly. Introduced and concluded by the editor, the volume also offers biographical notes on some of the leadingjournalist contributors, maps to familiarize readers with the geography of northern France, and detailed subject and geographical indices. The volume ends with a select bibliography of works on the subject of French civilian life during the Great War.
Portraits of Conflict
Author: Ben H. Severance
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 2012-11-01
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 1557289891
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Veterans
Author: Sasha Maslov
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2017-05-30
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 1616896132
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIchiro Sudan trained to be a kamikaze. Roscoe Brown was a commander in the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American military aviators. Charin Singh, a farmer from Delhi, spent seven years as a Japanese prisoner of war and was not sent home until four years after the war ended. Uli John lost an arm serving in the German army but ultimately befriended former enemy soldiers as part of a network of veterans—"people who fought in the war and know what war really means." These are some of the faces and stories in the remarkable Veterans, the outcome of a worldwide project by Sasha Maslov to interview and photograph the last surviving combatants from World War II. Soldiers, support staff, and resistance fighters candidly discuss wartime experiences and their lifelong effects in this unforgettable, intimate record of the end of a cataclysmic chapter in world history and tribute to the members of an indomitable generation. Veterans is also a meditation on memory, human struggle, and the passage of time.
Portraits of Courage
Author: George W. Bush
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2017-02-28
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0804189765
DOWNLOAD EBOOK#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A vibrant collection of oil paintings and stories by President George W. Bush honoring the sacrifice and courage of America’s military veterans. With Forewords by former First Lady Laura Bush and General Peter Pace, 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Growing out of President Bush’s own outreach and the ongoing work of the George W. Bush Institute's Military Service Initiative, Portraits of Courage brings together sixty-six full-color portraits and a four-panel mural painted by President Bush of members of the United States military who have served our nation with honor since 9/11—and whom he has come to know personally. Our men and women in uniform have faced down enemies, liberated millions, and in doing so showed the true compassion of our nation. Often, they return home with injuries—both visible and invisible—that intensify the challenges of transitioning into civilian life. In addition to these burdens, research shows a civilian-military divide. Seventy-one percent of Americans say they have little understanding of the issues facing veterans, and veterans agree: eighty-four percent say that the public has "little awareness" of the issues facing them and their families. Each painting in this meticulously produced hardcover volume is accompanied by the inspiring story of the veteran depicted, written by the President. Readers can see the faces of those who answered the nation’s call and learn from their bravery on the battlefield, their journeys to recovery, and the continued leadership and contributions they are making as civilians. It is President Bush’s desire that these stories of courage and resilience will honor our men and women in uniform, highlight their family and caregivers who bear the burden of their sacrifice, and help Americans understand how we can support our veterans and empower them to succeed. President Bush will donate his net author proceeds from PORTRAITS OF COURAGE to the George W. Bush Presidential Center, a non-profit organization whose Military Service Initiative works to ensure that post-9/11 veterans and their families make successful transitions to civilian life with a focus on gaining meaningful employment and overcoming the invisible wounds of war.
Scroll Saw Civil War Portraits
Author: Gary Browning
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 67
ISBN-13: 9781565231696
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow you can commemorate the scenes and soldiers of the Civil War with the 50-plus patriotic scroll saw patterns found in this book including: General Robert E Lee, General Ulysses S Grant, President Abraham Lincoln, scenes from famous battles and flags from the North and South. Each pattern is full-sized and printed in an easy-to-follow silhouette. Instructions for basic cutting techniques are included as well as information on what type of blade to use, purchasing wood, framing finished projects and much more.
