The major art installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red at the Tower of London marked one hundred years since the first full day of Britain's involvement in the First World War. Featuring forewords by Paul Cummins and Tom Piper and stunning photography of the installation, this is the only official publication to mark this landmark event.
ISBN-13: 9781904897514
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
A Study of its Methods and Spirit, Including the Crime of the Lusitania
First published in 1918, this book is a record of observations and evidence compiled by the then US Consul in Queenstown, Eire. A rare study from first-hand accounts
From muddy football pitches on the Western Front to makeshift volleyball courts in Afghanistan, sport has always found a place, even in times of war. This fascinating book explores the powerful role of sport during conflict, drawing on the rich collections of IWM. Covering the First and Second World Wars, the Cold War and contemporary conflicts, ......
ISBN-13: 9781911748144
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
The Sinking, Its Aftermath, and a Century of Public Memory
Remember the Tuscania plunges readers into the night of February 5, 1918, when a German U-boat's torpedo found a crowded US troopship in the North Atlantic-and into the century of argument, propaganda, and remembrance that followed. At its heart are the Baraboo Twenty-One, citizen-soldiers from a Wisconsin town who survived the sinking that became ......
This book showcases 40 of the most memorable and amusing posters from IWM's extensive collection of British Government wartime designs. Originally created during the First and Second World Wars to encourage citizens to support the war effort, these posters carried messages such as 'Beer: A Necessity to the Strength of Britain', 'Fit Men Wanted', ......
ISBN-13: 9781911748151
(Paperback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
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Discover chilling tales from the frontlines and beyond with this spine-tingling collection of wartime ghost stories. From the trenches of the First World War to Britain's home front during the Second, through the tense Cold War years, these gripping accounts reveal eerie apparitions and unexplained encounters experienced by soldiers, sailors, ......
ISBN-13: 9781911748106
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
Accounts of the Great War tend to focus on Europe, the epicentre of this conflict, and find in its battlefields the later death of empires, spreading revolution and eventual decolonisation. However, the war was also global, drawing in people from all over the world while rapidly circulating ideas and innovations far beyond Europe. Almost two ......
The battles of the Somme and Ypres stand as two of the most devastating and consequential confrontations in military history. Between 1914 and 1918, the fields of Flanders and the chalky plains of the Somme Valley became synonymous with the brutal reality of industrialised warfare, where millions of men fought and died in a conflict that would ......
An examination of Edith Wharton's works from World War I, reclaiming Wharton as a "Great War" writer Edith Wharton resided in France during World War I, visiting combat zones and hospitals and working tirelessly with refugee and children's relief organizations. In magazines and newspapers such as the New York Times, Saturday Evening Post, and ......
