Table of Contents

Introduction: Ypres in HistoryPrologue: The Salient Facts1: Ypres before Ypres, 1900-19132: Ypres during Ypres, 1914-19183: The New Battle for Ypres, 1919-19274: The New Battles for Langemarck, 1928-19445: Ieper in Peace, 1944-2014Conclusion: Wipers at the CentenaryNotesBibliographyIndex

About the Author

Mark Connelly is currently Principal Investigator of 'Gateways to the First World War', an Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded centre for public engagement with the Great War centenary. He is also convenor of the Masters Programme in First World War Studies at the University of Kent.Stefan Goebel specializes in the comparative cultural history of the Great War and in the urban history of modern conflict. He is director of the Centre for the History of War, Media, and Society at the University of Kent.

Reviews

... the book offers the first transnational interpretation of the meaning of Ypres and, by extension, the Western Front ... The book has been thoroughly researched from state archive material in six countries.
*History of War*

An interesting and informative read ... if you want to find out more about Ypres the place and what it means to the belligerents, then read this book.
*Chris May, Battlefield Magazine*

A deeply researched, absorbing and thoroughly readable book.
*Matthew Haultain-Gill, Munitions of the Mind*