The First World War appears as a fault line in Britain 's
twentieth-century history. Between August 1914 and November 1918
the titanic struggle against Imperial Germany and her allies
consumed more people, more money and more resources than any other
conflict Britain had hitherto experienced. For the first time, it
opened up a Home Front that stretched into all parts of the British
polity, society and culture, touching the lives of every citizen
regardless of age, gender and class. Even vegetables were grown in
the gardens of Buckingham Palace.
Britain and World War One throws attention on these civilians
who fought the war on the Home Front. Harnessing recent
scholarship, and drawing on original documents, oral testimony and
historical texts, this book casts a fresh look over different
aspects of British society during the four long years of war. It
revisits the early war enthusiasm and the making of Kitchener 's
new armies; the emotive debates over conscription; the
relationships between politics, government and popular opinion;
women working in wartime industries; the popular experience of war
and the question of social change.
The book also explores areas of wartime Britain overlooked by
recent histories, including the impact of the war on rural society;
the mobilization of industry, and the importance of technology, as
well as exploring responses to air raids, food and housing
shortages; the challenges to traditional social and sexual mores
and wartime culture. Britain and World War One is an essential book
for all students and interested lay readers of the First World
War.
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