Behind the Scenes in Warring Germany : An American Journalist's View of the First World War from the German Perspective

Edward Lyell Fox

ISBN 10: 1782820760 / ISBN 13: 9781782820765

Edité par Oakpast Mär 2013, 2013

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Neuware - An American journalist with the German ArmyUntil the United States of America came into the First World War on the side of the Allies in 1917, it was a neutral nation considered, in theory at least, to have no interest in the outcome of the war. This enabled American journalists to visit both sides of the battle lines and this in turn enabled the author of this book, Edward Lyell Fox, to gain access to the German war effort in considerable depth and detail. Accounts of the Great War from the German perspective are not common in the English language and so this book provides interesting insights from a neutral viewpoint. Fox visited the Western Front and was present as the conflict at Ypres broke out. He also accompanied the German Army through the Flanders campaign and later visited the Russian Front with German forces. He was an eyewitness at the Battle of Augustowo Wald in East Prussia-an overwhelming German victory. Fox concludes his book with an account of the work of the American Red Cross on the battle front. This is an interesting book for students who seek both a different view of the conflict and an examination of less familiar battles fronts.Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Behind the Scenes in Warring Germany : An American Journalist's View of the First World War from the German Perspective
• Éditeur: Oakpast Mär 2013
• Date de parution: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1782820760
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781782820765
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 222 L x 145 H x 17 P (en millimètres) 222 millimètres de largeur par 145 millimètres de hauteur par 17 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 465 grammes

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An American journalist with the German Army

Until the United States of America came into the First World War on the side of the Allies in 1917, it was a neutral nation considered, in theory at least, to have no interest in the outcome of the war. This enabled American journalists to visit both sides of the battle lines and this in turn enabled the author of this book, Edward Lyell Fox, to gain access to the German war effort in considerable depth and detail. Accounts of the Great War from the German perspective are not common in the English language and so this book provides interesting insights from a neutral viewpoint. Fox visited the Western Front and was present as the conflict at Ypres broke out. He also accompanied the German Army through the Flanders campaign and later visited the Russian Front with German forces. He was an eyewitness at the Battle of Augustowo Wald in East Prussia-an overwhelming German victory. Fox concludes his book with an account of the work of the American Red Cross on the battle front. This is an interesting book for students who seek both a different view of the conflict and an examination of less familiar battles fronts.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Baltic schoppy swells turned dark and over the bow I saw a vague gray strip of land Germany! I was at the gateway of war. For two hours the railway ferry had plowed between the mines that strew the way to Denmark with potential death, and as slowly the houses of Warnemunde appeared in shadow against the darkening day, some one touched my arm. Safe now. He was the courier. He had traveled with me from New York to Copenhagen, a bland, reserved young man, with a caution beyond his years. I had come to know he was making the trip as a German courier, and he was an American with no Teutonic blood in his veins! Knowing the ropes, he had suggested that he see me through to Berlin.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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