French soldiers and their correspondence : towards a history of writing practices in the First World War

The years 1914-18 engendered a "sudden and irrepressible boulimia" of letter-writing, a diluvian outpouring which defied all attempts at administrative control. The massive correspondence of French soldiers, analysed and quoted in the archives of the Commission de Contrôle Postal, has alre...

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Veröffentlicht in:French history. - 1999. - 17(2003), 1 vom: 19., Seite 79-95
1. Verfasser: Lyons, Martyn (VerfasserIn)
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2003
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:French history
Schlagworte:Historical Article Journal Article
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