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The Christmas truce : myth, memory, and the First World War /

Title:
The Christmas truce : myth, memory, and the First World War /
Author:
Crocker, Terri Blom, author.
Format:
Book
Institution:
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Contents:
"A candle lit in the darkness": the Christmas truce and the First World War -- "Absolute hell": the Western Front in 1914 -- "A great day with our enemies": the Christmas truce -- "No war today": the Christmas truce as reported in official war diaries and regimental histories -- "One day of peace at the front": the Christmas truce and the British press -- "That unique and weird Christmas": the Christmas truce during the war -- "The curious Christmas truce": the First World War and the Christmas truce, 1920-1959 -- "The famous Christmas truce": the First World War and the Christmas truce, 1960-1969 -- "The legendary Christmas truce": the First World War, the Christmas truce, and social history, 1970-1989 -- "Memories of Christmas 1914 persist": orthodoxy, revisionism, and the Christmas truce, 1990-2014 -- "It was peace that won": the Christmas truce and the narrative of the First World War.
Online access:
No online access
Library holdings:
Wentworth Stacks--Upper Level
940.42 .C76 2015 – Available