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The British Home Front and the First World War

By Hew Strachan

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2023
ISBN
1316515494, 9781316515495
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13263655 bytes)
Pages
706\707
Topic
History
Time added
2023-03-09 13:06:01

Description

The First World War required the mobilisation of entire societies, regardless of age or gender. The phrase 'home front' was itself a product of the war with parts of Britain literally a war front, coming under enemy attack from the sea and increasingly the air. However, the home front also conveyed the war's impact on almost every aspect of British life, economic, social and domestic. In the fullest account to-date, leading historians show how the war blurred the division between what was military and not, and how it made many conscious of their national identities for the first time. They reveal how its impact changed Britain for ever, transforming the monarchy, promoting systematic cabinet government, and prompting state intervention in a country which prided itself on its liberalism and its support for free trade. In many respects we still live with the consequences.

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