| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 360 pages) |
| Series |
Costerus new series ; 207 |
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Costerus ; 207.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; PART I: A PLACE IN THAT BATTLE; Chapter 1 The Enemy Was Plain in View; Chapter 2The Commandos and the Battle for Crete (1940-41); Chapter 3The Locust Years 1941-45; PART II: FOUR MYTHS EXPLORED; Chapter 4Was Waugh ""Utterly Unfitted to Be an Officer""?; Chapter 5Cretan Labyrinth: The Way Out; Chapter 6Liquidated! How Lord Lovat ""Kicked Waugh Out""of the Special Service Brigade and Fantasizedabout It Afterwards; Chapter 7Civil Waugh in Yugoslavia; CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Evelyn Waugh at war is an irresistibly fascinating subject, as are his war novels and diaries. Drawn to units offering the greatest danger, but often frustrated in his search for action, Waugh served in multiple regiments, saw battle on Crete and worked behind the lines in occupied Croatia. In the Picture traces Waugh's experiences, both vivid and mundane, with a completeness never before attempted and shows how they come alive in Sword of Honour. It also illuminates the brief hints within the narrative of key events of the war, while highlighting its strategic direction. Waugh's individualist |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 13, 2014) |
| Subject |
Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. Sword of Honour
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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War and literature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Villar Flor, Carlos
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| ISBN |
9789401211826 |
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9401211825 |
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