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GILLIES, MIDGE: : Army Wives - From Crimea to Afghanistan: The Real Lives of the Women Behind the Men in Uniform

LONDON.AURUM PRESS LIMITED,2016.

ISBN 9781781312896.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 -1 descending.]FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with brown,black and bronze gilt lettering,rear panel with assorted monochrome+ colour thumbnail photographs; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 1-392pp [paginated] includes an alphabetical cast list of Army Wives,a prologue,Getting There,Accommodation,Pts One - Four comprising 5,4,4,2 chapters,an epilogue,16pp historical, contemporary b/w+ colour photographs and illustration reproductions in 1 block,between pp184/5,a bibliography,endnotes,acknowledgements and permissions,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and contents list/table. We all have an army wife lurking somewhere in our family history.The earliest followed their men to the front,others helped keep order in far-flung parts of the empire or waited anxiously at home.Midge Gillies uses interviews, letters and diaries to give these women a voice - sometimes for the first time. She describes how women made the arduous journey to the Crimean War where they were among the last wives to witness battle at close quarters.Other women tell the story of life under the British Raj and the, often terrifying experiences of living through its dying days. In the 20thC two world wars produced new generations of army wives who survived separation,injury and death by forging friendships that lasted into peacetime. 'Army Wives' reveals their experience and that of a new breed of independent women who supported their men through the Cold War to the current war on terror. 'Army Wives' explores experiences of bereavement,from the seances,public memorials and deaths in a foreign field of the Great War to the modern media coverage of flag-draped coffins returning home by military plane.Gillies exposes the pressures of being a modern army wife - whether living in military quarters or trying to maintain a normal home life outside 'the patch'. Above all,'Army Wives' examines what it really means to be part of the 'army family',in the past and today,and how these women's lives reveal a deeply human experience that is often hidden from those of us on the outside. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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