Matthew Calbraith Perry
Biographic Data
| ID | 10583241 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Calbraith Perry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew Calbraith |
| FAMILY NAME | Perry |
| SIGNATURE | PERRY M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Vive la France! Death at sea, the French navy and the Great War
An Austrian submarine torpedoed the cruiser-battleship Léon Gambetta on 27 April 1915. With 681 deaths, this constituted the French navy’s greatest loss of life during the Great War. This article examines this event and asks what it might add to historical analyses of death, trauma and war. First, the cultural realm of the significance of the events is scrutinized. The press treated this as a moment of heroic sacrifice; press and naval accounts c…
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Vive la France! Death at sea, the French navy and the Great War
An Austrian submarine torpedoed the cruiser-battleship Léon Gambetta on 27 April 1915. With 681 deaths, this constituted the French navy’s greatest loss of life during the Great War. This article examines this event and asks what it might add to historical analyses of death, trauma and war. First, the cultural realm of the significance of the events is scrutinized. The press treated this as a moment of heroic sacrifice; press and naval accounts c…
Archaeology (1 work) · Event (particle physics) (1 work) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (1 work) · History (1 work) · Navy (1 work) · Psychology (1 work) · Realm (1 work) · Sacrifice (1 work) · Spanish Civil War (1 work) · Submarine (1 work)