The Christmas truce : : myth, memory, and the First World War / / Terri Blom Crocker ; foreword by Peter Grant.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Lexington, Kentucky : : University Press of Kentucky,, [2015] 2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (311 pages) :; illustrations |
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Table of 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.