The myriad faces of war : Britain and the Great War, 1914-1918 / Trevor Wilson.

:This book seeks to describe Britain?s experience in the war of 1914-18. In one sense its scope is limited. It sees the conflict from the standpoint of only one participating nation. So it pays meager attention to the achievements and travails of Britain?s allies. And it betrays little enthusiasm fo...

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Main Author: Wilson, Trevor, 1928-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] : Polity Press, 1986.
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500 |a "Published ... in association with Basil Blackwell, Oxford"--Title page verso. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Going to war, August-December 1914 -- Ruling the waves, 1914-1915 -- Battlefronts, January-June 1915 -- Home front, 1914-1915 -- Battlefronts, July-December 1915 -- Brief encounter at sea: the Battle of Jutland, 1916 -- Blooding the new armies: the Battle of the Somme, 1916 -- On the peripheries, 1916 -- Home front, 1916 -- The killing time, 1917 -- Home front, 1917 -- Battlefronts, 1918 -- Home front, 1918 -- Some participant views -- Some social aspects -- Aftermath -- Reconstruction -- Settling up. 
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