The last Great War : British society and the First World War / Adrian Gregory.
Publication details: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2008. Description: viii, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780521450379; 9780521728836 (pbk.); 0521450373; 0521728835 (pbk.)Subject(s): World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain | World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936DDC classification: 940.3/41 LOC classification: D524.7. | G7G74 2008DA
Contents:
Introduction : the war that did not end all wars -- Going to war -- Defining the enemy : atrocities and propaganda, 1914-1915 -- From spectatorship to participation : from volunteering to compulsion, 1914-1916 -- Economies of sacrifice -- Redemption through war : religion and the languages of sacrifice -- The conditional sacrifices of labour, 1915-1918 -- Struggling to victory, 1917-1918 -- The last war?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the war that did not end all wars -- Going to war -- Defining the enemy : atrocities and propaganda, 1914-1915 -- From spectatorship to participation : from volunteering to compulsion, 1914-1916 -- Economies of sacrifice -- Redemption through war : religion and the languages of sacrifice -- The conditional sacrifices of labour, 1915-1918 -- Struggling to victory, 1917-1918 -- The last war?