Citizen Soldiers


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The popular image of the British soldier in the First World War is of a passive victim, caught up in events beyond his control, and isolated from civilian society. This book offers a different vision of the soldier's experience of war. Using letters and official sources relating to Liverpool units, Helen McCartney shows how ordinary men were able to retain their civilian outlook and use it to influence their experience in the trenches. These citizen soldiers came to rely on local, civilian loyalties and strong links with home to bolster their morale, whilst their civilian backgrounds helped them challenge those in command if they felt they were being treated unfairly. The book examines the soldier not only in his military context but in terms of his social and cultural life. It will appeal to anyone wishing to understand how the British soldier thought and behaved during the First World War.







The Territorial Force at War, 1914-16


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William Mitchinson analyses the role and performance of the Territorial Force during the first two years of World War I. The study looks at the way the force was staffed and commanded, its relationship with the Regular Army and the War Office, and how most of its 1st Line divisions managed to retain and promote their local identities.




Cinderella Soldiers


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Based on extensive research, Cinderella Soldiers uncovers the experiences of the Liverpool Irish Battalion during the Great War. The ethnic core of the battalion represented more than mere shamrock sentimentality: they had been raised within the Catholic Irish enclaves of the north end of the city, where they had been inculcated and nurtured in Celtic culture, traditions and nationalist politics. Throughout the nineteenth century, the Irish in Liverpool were viewed as a violent, drunken, ill-disciplined and disloyal race. These racial perceptions of the Irish continued through the Home Rule Crisis which brought Ireland to the cusp of civil war in 1914. This book offers a different account of an infantry battalion at war. It is the story of how Liverpool's Irish sons, brothers, fathers and lovers fought on the Western Front and how their families in the slums of Liverpool's north end experienced and endured the war.




Days to Remember


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Reproduction of the original: Days to Remember by John Buchan, Henry Newbolt




Days to Remember: The British Empire in the Great War I


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THE CAUSES OF THE WAR A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE WAR THE TURN AT THE MARNE THE WORCESTERS AT THE FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES THE CANADIANS AT THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES THE TAKING OF LOOS DELVILLE WOOD THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES THE TANKS AT CAMBRAI THE SOUTH AFRICANS AT MARRIÈRES WOOD THE BATTLE OF THE LYS THE SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARNE THE BEGINNING OF THE END THE AUSTRALIANS AT MONT ST. QUENTIN THE LAST BATTLE THE LANDING AT GALLIPOLI THE DEPARTURE FROM GALLIPOLI THE CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM ALLENBY'S GREAT DRIVE THE SILENT SERVICE CORONEL THE FALKLANDS MYSTERY SHIPS JUTLAND THE BRITISH SUBMARINE SERVICE THE BRITISH SUBMARINE SERVICE (continued) THE MERCANTILE MARINE AND FISHING FLEETS ZEEBRUGGE BEHIND THE LINES AND AT HOME THE LAST DAY LOOKING BACKWARD Field-Marshal Sir John French (Earl of Ypres) Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (Earl Haig of Bemersyde) Marshal Foch Field-Marshal Sir Edmund Allenby (Viscount Allenby of Megiddo) Admiral Sir John Jellicoe (Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa) Admiral Sir David Beatty (Earl Beatty of the North Sea) Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener The Critical Day in the First Battle of Ypres The Second Battle of Ypres Battle of Loos: Advance to Loos and Hill 70 Battle of the Somme: Longueval and Delville Wood Cambrai: the Advance of the Infantry Divisions The Second Battle of the Marne. First Stages of the last Allied Offensive The Landing Beaches at Gallipoli Evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula Palestine: the Decisive Battle Battle of Coronel Battle of the Falkland Islands Battle of Jutland: Track Chart Zeebrugge. The Front on the Eve of the Allied Offensive, and on the Day of the Armistice




Modernity, the Media and the Military


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This new volume explores the history of an important, but neglected sector of the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 in the context of its portrayal in the media. The analysis sheds new light on of the role of the mass media in generating national mythologies. The book focuses on the largely forgotten Armentières and La Bassée sector, a section of the Western Front which saw fighting from many different nationalities on almost every day of the war. Through analysis of this section of the Western Front, this book examines the way the First World War was interpreted, both in official and semi-official sources as well as in the mass media, comparing what was apparently happening on the Western Front battlefield to what was reported in the newspapers. It follows the different sides as they responded to the changing nature of warfare and to each other, showing how reporting was adapted to changing perceptions of national needs.