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The Lion and the Poppy - British Veterans, Politics, and Society, 1921-1939 (Hardcover)
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The Lion and the Poppy - British Veterans, Politics, and Society, 1921-1939 (Hardcover)
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An illuminating study of the British veterans' movement, which
explains how the British Legion became a national institution In
the years following World War I, the British Legion became a symbol
for service, tradition, and stability in British life. In the war's
aftermath, many veterans' organizations on the continent became
violently politicized. However, the competing groups in Britain
came together in 1921 to form the unified and overtly non-political
British Legion. Its mission and identity was founded upon its
members' experience of the Great War. The Legion's belief that the
comradeship of the trenches could transcend all barriers of rank
and class was a reflection of the starting changes stirred by the
Great War. Instead of succumbing to bitterness and alienation, the
British Legion became a positive social force in the 1920s. Based
on extensive original research, this is the first modern work to
take an objective and analytical view of the British Legion. By
examining each major facet of the British Legion in turn, Barr
draws a convincing picture of this organisation that became a
national institution. and work for peace, the British Legion became
part of the fabric of British life and exerted a powerful and
profound influence upon British society and politics. A better
understanding of the legion and its social impact fills a real gap
in our understanding of British life and society during the
inter-war years. Assesses the influence of the British Legion on UK
society between the wars Compares the British veterans'
organisations to their more politicised continental counterparts
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