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Perspectives on British Military History, 1914-18 | Goldsmiths, University of London 10/01/21 HT53120A /HT53120B Life in the Trenches: Perspectives on British Military History, 1914-18 | Goldsmiths, University of London HT53120A /HT53120B Life in the View Online Trenches: Perspectives on British Military History, 1914-18 Professor Richard Grayson Acton, Carol. 2007. Grief in Wartime: Private Pain, Public Discourse. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Adams, R. J. Q. 2014. The Great War, 1914-18: Essays on the Military, Political and Social History of the First World War. 1st ed. 1990. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ALAN WAKEFIELD, and Simon Moody. 2004. UNDER THE DEVIL’S EYE: BRITAIN'S FORGOTTEN ARMY AT SALONIKA, 1915-1918. STROUD: SUTTON PUBLISHING LTD. Albert Palazzo. n.d. Seeking Victory on the Western Front. University of Nebraska Press. Anderson, Ross. 2004. The Forgotten Front: The East African Campaign, 1914-1918. Vols Battles & campaigns. Stroud: Tempus. Annika Mombauer. 2001. 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