First World War

Originally published in 1980,‘Luxury’ Fleet (the phrase was Winston Churchill’s) was the first history of the Imperial German navy from 1888 to 1918. After tracing the historical background to German naval ambitions, the first two sections of the book analyse Admiral Tirpitz’s programme of building ..

This book places military occupation at the heart of the experience of the First World War – both for occupied populations and for occupying armies._x005F_x000D_ This book was originally published as a special issue of First World War Studies...

While many studies have discussed why men decided to volunteer for the army during the Great War, the experiences of those who were called up under conscription have received little scrutiny. Even when the implementation of the respective Military Service Acts has been investigated, scholars have us..

How to persuade citizens to enlist? How to convince them to fight in a war which was, for many, distant in terms of kilometres as well as interest? Modern persuasion techniques, both political and commercial, were used to motivate enlistment and financial support to build a factory of consensus. Pos..

The past quarter of a century has witnessed an extraordinary increase in global interest in the Great War and the ways in which it is remembered. This title brings together a group of international scholars to understand this phenomenon across three key areas: remembrance through family history and ..

Written for students of modern European and Russian history, this new study looks at how the First World War affected Russia.  The theme running through the book is that war can itself be seen as revolutionary; rupturing established social and economic ties and creating new social and economic relat..

The First World War marks a crucial period in the history of the socialist wing of the British labour movement. This book is an account of the development of the political ideas and activities of some of the most influential British socialist thinkers of that time: Beatrice and Sidney Webb, R. H. Ta..

Society, Culture and Opera in Florence, 1814-1830..

This book examines the complex interplay between sport, war and society in Australia and New Zealand in the first half of the twentieth century. Chapters examine the mythology of the links between sport and war, sporting codes, groups of sporting individuals, and individual sportspersons, revealing ..

Based on a wide range of primary sources, this book shows the way in which diplomacy, economics, finance and strategy became intertwined during the First World War. The author examines the diplomatic, economic, financial and military relations between Britain and Russia.  British strategy is shown t..

The British Empire played a crucial part in the First World War, supplying thousands of soldiers and labourers as well as a range of essential resources. Many imperial territories were deeply affected by wartime phenomena, such as inflation, food shortages, combat, and the presence of foreign troops..

The British Empire played a crucial part in the First World War, supplying thousands of soldiers and labourers as well as a range of essential resources. Many imperial territories were deeply affected by wartime phenomena, such as inflation, food shortages, combat, and the presence of foreign troops..