Nation in Arms
The British Army in the First World War
Published on 22. December 2004
276 pages
978-1-78383-730-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Great War was the first conflict to draw men and women into uniform on a massive scale. From a small regular force of barely 250,000, the British Army rapidly expanded into a national force of over five million. A Nation in Arms brings together original research into the impact of the war on the army as an institution, gives a revealing account of those who served in it and offers fascinating insights into its social history during one of the bloodiest wars.
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Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Editorial acknowledgement
- Foreword, Sir John Keegan, Daily Telegraph
- Chapter 1 The nation in arms, 1914-1918 Ian Beckett, US Marine Corps University
- Chapter 2 The regular army of 1914 Edward M. Spiers, University of Leeds
- Chapter 3 The officers Keith Simpson MP, House of Commons
- Chapter 4 The new armies Clive Hughes, Dyfed Country Record Office
- Chapter 5 The territorial force Ian Beckett, US Marine Corps University
- Chapter 6 Soldiers and civilians: billeting in Britain and France Peter Simkins, University of Birmingham
- Chapter 7 Army and society: the demographic context Jay Winter, Yale University
- Chapter 8 The post-war army Keith Jeffery, University of Ulster
- Appendix I Infantry divisions of the British army, 1914-1918
- Appendix II Cavalry and mounted divisions of the British army, 1914-1918
- An annotated bibliography of the British army,1914-1918 Keith Simpson
- Index
