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The Secret Battle: Emotional Survival in the Great War (Cultural History of Modern war)

An emotional history of the First World War through a study of the ties within families, this title focuses on a relationship: that between young civilian soldiers and their mothers.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 368 pages

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