Kitchener's Army
The Raising of the New Armies, 1914-16
Peter Simkins(Author)
Manchester University Press
Published on 26. April 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
359 pages
978-0-7190-2638-6 (ISBN)
Description
Numbering over five million men, Britain's army in World War I was the biggest in the country's history. Remarkably, nearly half those who served in it were volunteers, almost 2.5 million men enlisting between August 1914 and December 1915. How did Britain succeed in creating a mass army almost from scratch, in the midst of a major war? The author describes how Kitchener's New Armies were raised and reviews the main political, economic and social effects of the recruiting campaign. He then examines the experiences and impressions of the men who made up the New Armies. The book won the Society for Army Historical Research's Templar Medal for 1988 and will be of interest both to those studying the period and those who have a more personal interest in the story of Britain's citizen soldiers of the Great War.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-2638-6 (9780719026386)
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