As the twentieth century drew to a close, people in all parts of Ireland began to recover the memory of the First World War as the last great common experience of the island as a whole. Brings together research whilst re-evaluating older assumptions about the immediate and continuing impact of the war on Ireland. Explores some lesser-known aspects of Ireland's war years as well as including studies of more traditional areas: military, social, cultural, political and economic aspects. Analyses how the experience and memory of the War have contributed to identity formation and the...
As the twentieth century drew to a close, people in all parts of Ireland began to recover the memory of the First World War as the last great common e...
Nominated for the Longman History Today Book of the Year Prize, 1995
The first full-scale study of the rituals with which the British people commemorated three-quarters of a million war dead.
Explains both the origins of the two minutes silence and the reasons for the success of the poppy appeal.
This book examines how the British people came to terms with the massive trauma of the First World War. Although the literary memory of the war has often been discussed, little has been written on the public ceremonies on and around 11 November which dominated the public memory...
Nominated for the Longman History Today Book of the Year Prize, 1995
The first full-scale study of the rituals with which the British people ...
Nominated for the Longman History Today Book of the Year Prize, 1995
The first full-scale study of the rituals with which the British people commemorated three-quarters of a million war dead.
Explains both the origins of the two minutes silence and the reasons for the success of the poppy appeal.
This book examines how the British people came to terms with the massive trauma of the First World War. Although the literary memory of the war has often been discussed, little has been written on the public ceremonies on and around 11 November which dominated the public memory...
Nominated for the Longman History Today Book of the Year Prize, 1995
The first full-scale study of the rituals with which the British people ...
What was it that the British people believed they were fighting for in 1914 18? This compelling history of the British home front during the First World War offers an entirely new account of how British society understood and endured the war. Drawing on official archives, memoirs, diaries and letters, Adrian Gregory sheds new light on the public reaction to the war, examining the role of propaganda and rumour in fostering patriotism and hatred of the enemy. He shows the importance of the ethic of volunteerism and the rhetoric of sacrifice in debates over where the burdens of war should fall...
What was it that the British people believed they were fighting for in 1914 18? This compelling history of the British home front during the First Wor...
