British culture and the First World War : experience, representation and memory /

The First World War has been mythologized since 1918, and many paradigmatic views of it - that it was pointless, that brave soldiers were needlessly sacrificed - are deeply embedded in the British consciousness. More than in any other country, these collective British memories were influenced by the...

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Main Author: Thacker, Toby, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • "The blessings of peace"
  • August 1914
  • The call to arms
  • January-June 1915
  • July-December 1915
  • January-September1916
  • September 1916-July 1917
  • August-December 1917
  • January-July 1918
  • August-November 1918
  • 1919-1923
  • "We will remember them."