Britain's Great War experience : life at home and abroad 1914-1918 / Peter Liddle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liddle, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain.

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Expertly written and beautifully presented, this book of outstanding photographs, documents and art work captures the spirit of the British people as they faced and successfully came through the prolonged challenge of the First World War. Using previously unpublished material from the Liddle Collection in the University Library at Leeds and supporting this with photographs from private and public collections from many parts of the British Isles, Britons Experience the Great War brings the experience of soldiers, sailors and airmen graphically close. It is, however, not just the fighting front

Contents:

Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; EARLY DAYS; Eve and Outbreak; The Call to Arms; The British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium; The Response of Empire; WIDER HORIZONS; The War in the Air; The Dardanelles and Gallipoli; The Maritime Challenge; Soldiering in Distant Parts; THE HOME FRONT; Women and Children in Wartime; The Industrial Scene; Food Production, Economy and Rationing; Fund-Raising, Voluntary Endeavour and 'Life Continues'; Dissent; THE TEST WITHSTOOD; Civilian Internment; Serviceman Captivity; Western Front - The Somme to the End

The Armistice and BeyondIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 26, 2015).

ISBN:

9781473838321

1473838320

OCLC:

910446893