Książka Awarded for Valour Melvin Charles Smith

Awarded for Valour

Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Twarda
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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The Victoria Cross: the highest standard of valour. The exploits of its winners are the stuff of leg...

Informacje o książce

Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Twarda
Data wydania
2008
strony
281
EAN
9780230547056
ISBN
0230547052
Enbook ID
04040624
Waga
592
Wymiary
158 x 236 x 25

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The Victoria Cross: the highest standard of valour. The exploits of its winners are the stuff of legend. But why was it instituted? What factors came together during the Crimean War to create this award? Since its inception 1,356 have been awarded, but the circumstances of warfare have changed wand with them the very concept of heroism has evolved. Awarded for Valour traces the evolution of this concept from its origins on the fields before Sevastopol, across the dashing campaigns of imperial expansion and defence, where the concept of heroism was a curious combination of the romantic and the pragmatic (all held in place with a stiff upper lip) and into the cauldron of the First World War, from which a very different concept of heroism arose.

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