1919 : Britain's year of revolution / Simon Webb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webb, Simon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--George V, 1910-1936.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

South Yorkshire, [England] : Pen & Sword History, 2016.

Summary:

The little-known true story of rioting and rebellion among British veterans and workers after the end of World War I. On the August Bank Holiday of 1919, the government in London dispatched warships to the northern city of Liverpool in an overwhelming show of force. Thousands of troops, backed by tanks, had been trying without success to suppress disorder on the streets. Earlier that year in London, a thousand soldiers had marched on Downing Street before being disarmed by a battalion of the Grenadier Guards loyal to the government. In Luton that summer, the town hall was burned down by rioters before the army was brought in to restore order, and in Glasgow, artillery and tanks were positioned in the center of the city to deter what the secretary of state for Scotland described as a Bolshevik uprising. Industrial unrest and mutiny in the armed forces combined to produce the fear that Britain was facing, the same kind of situation which had led to the Russian Revolution two years earlier. Drawing chiefly upon contemporary sources, this book describes the sequence of events which looked as though they might be the precursor to a revolution along the lines of those sweeping across Europe at that time. To some observers, it seemed only a matter of time before Britain transformed itself from a constitutional monarchy into a Soviet Republic. "An extraordinary tale." - Battlefield

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Plates

Introduction

Chapter 1: Demobilisation and The Domino Theory

Chapter 2: The British Invasion of Russia

Chapter 3: Mutiny in the Armed Forces

Chapter 4: Tanks on the Streets

Chapter 5: The Triple Alliance Flexes its Muscles

Chapter 6: A Summer of Discontent

Chapter 7: Purging the Police

Chapter 8: Warships in the Mersey

Chapter 9: The Crisis Comes to a Head

Chapter 10: The Plot to Bring Down the Prime Minister

Chapter 11: The Aftermath

Epilogue

Bibliography

Plate section.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 16, 2017).

ISBN:

9781473862883

1473862884

9781473862876

1473862876