El. knyga: British Home Front and the First World War

'This is the most comprehensive reassessment of the 'Home Front' in the United Kingdom that has been published for a generation. It will provide an indispensable starting point for future scholars of the war and helpful and enlightening reading to those who have a general interest in Britain and Ireland during this period.' Adrian Gregory, author of The Last Great War: British Society and the First World War 'In the fullest study in a generation, leading historians use social, economic, cultural, and political history to shine new light on Britain's home front in the Great War. They show why civilians were central to a 'total war' and integrate Ireland as part of the United Kingdom of the period.' John Horne, editor of A Companion to World War I 'This collection makes a vital contribution to the political, economic and social history of the First World War. Drawing on the expertise of leading scholars in their fields, it provides a comprehensive study of the British Home Front. It forms an essential addition to the historical literature of the war.'  Jessica Meyer, author of Men of War: Masculinity and the First World War in Britain 'Hew Strachan's edited volume adds a strong scholarly voice to the chorus of commemoration still echoing from the centenary of the Great War.  Here is a book which respects local identities and imperial loyalties, and shows how British initiatives in the management of manpower, production and finance underwrote victory in the 1914-18 war.' Jay Winter, author of Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History 'a snapshot of cutting-edge historical research impressive and important. It brings together over 30 scholars writing on a disparate array of topics, illustrated by contemporary photographs, cartoons and posters. Scholarly collections, particularly of conference proceedings, have a nasty habit of being bit of a ragbag, lacking a coherent theme, but this is emphatically not true of this book.' Gary Sheffield, The Western Front Association 'Essential.' F. Krome, Choice ' the volume makes an important contribution to research on the British home front and is suitable as a detailed thematic reference book.' Mathis J. Gronau, Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft 'A wonderful collection of essays that act as a foundational primer on research into the home front in Britain during the First World War.' Angus Wallace, International Journal of Military History and Historiography