Veterans of the First World War : ex-servicemen and ex-servicewomen in post-war Britain and Ireland / edited by David Swift and Oliver Wilkinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Swift, David, 1987- editor.

Wilkinson, Oliver, editor.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Routledge studies in First World War history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisoners of war.

History.

Disabled veterans.

Veterans.

Social conditions.

Great Britain.

Ireland.

World War, 1914-1918--Veterans--Great Britain.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Veterans--Ireland.

Veterans--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Disabled veterans--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Prisoners of war--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Veterans--Social conditions.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 208 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Summary:

"This volume synthesises the latest scholarship on First World War veterans in post-war Britain and Ireland, investigating the topic through its political, social and cultural dynamics. It examines the post-war experiences of those men and women who served and illuminates the nature of the post-war society for which service had been given. Complicating the homogenising tendency in existing scholarship it offers comparison of the experiences of veterans in different regions of Britain, including perspectives drawn from Ireland. Further nuance is offered by the assessment of the experiences of ex-servicewomen alongside those of ex-servicemen, such focus deeping understanding into the gendered specificities of post-war veteran activities and experiences. Moreover, case studies of specific cohorts of veterans are offered, including focus on disabled veterans and ex-prisoners of war. In these regards the collection offers vital updates to existing scholarship while bringing important new departures and challenges to the current interpretive frameworks of veteran experiences in post-war British and Ireland."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: British veterans after the First World War / David Swift & Oliver Wilkinson

The deep roots of the British legion: the emergence of First World War British veterans' organisations / Mike Hally

Ex-servicemen and the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association, 1919-21 / Paul Huddie

Between workers and soldiers: the relationship between the Labour Party and ex-servicemen after the First World War / Marcus Morris

"A fighting man and a thinking man": the British left, ex-servicemen, and working-class culture, 1914-1924 / David Swift

Revolution, ex-servicemen, and the Cork Branch of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers, 1918-21 / John Borgonovo

"It's up to you now to fight for your own country": Ireland's Great War Veterans in the War of Independence, 1919-21 / Steven O'Connor

"Still in the ranks of the old corps, though not on active service": women's veteran organisations in interwar Britain / Krisztina Robert

Paternalism and prosthetics: life for disabled veterans and their families on a post-war settlement / Martin Purdy

Wounded in a mentionable place: the (in)visibility of the disabled ex-serviceman in inter-war Britain / Jessica Meyer

Ex-prisoners of war, 1914-18: veteran association, assimilation and disassociation after the First World Warr / Oliver Wilkinson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780367174620

0367174626

OCLC:

1060183129