Public schools and the Great War : the generation lost / by Anthony Seldon and David Walsh
- Author
- Seldon, Anthony
- Published
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2013.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
- Additional Creators
- Walsh, David (History teacher)
Access Online
- Contents
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword by Professor Sir Michael Howard OM, CH, CBE, MC, FBA, MA; Maps; Introduction; Chapter 1: Public School Men; Chapter 2: Into Battle 1914-1916; Chapter 3: Ireland and the Dominions; Chapter 4: School Life during the War; Chapter 5: Headmasters and Teachers: the Toll of War; Chapter 6: The Eternal Bond; Chapter 7: To the End on Land, Sea and Air 1917-1918; Chapter 8: Armistice and Commemoration: No End to Conflict; Chapter 9: The War Becomes History; Chapter 10: The Lost Generation. and Appendix: List of public schools war statisticsNotes; Bibliography; Public Schools Index; General Index; Back Cover.
- Summary
- In this pioneering and original book, Anthony Seldon and David Walsh study the impact that the public schools had on the conduct of the Great War, and vice versa. Drawing on fresh evidence from 200 leading public schools and other archives, they challenge the conventional wisdom that it was the public school ethos that caused needless suffering on the Western Front and elsewhere. They distinguish between the younger front-line officers with recent school experience and the older 'top brass' whose mental outlook was shaped more by military background than by memories of school. The Authors argu.
- Subject(s)
- 1914-1918
- Endowed public schools (Great Britain)—History
- World War, 1914-1918—Social aspects—Great Britain
- Public schools (Grande-Bretagne)—Histoire
- Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918—Aspect social—Grande-Bretagne
- HISTORY—Europe—Western
- Endowed public schools (Great Britain)
- Social aspects
- Great Britain
- World War (1914-1918)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781473833111 (electronic bk.)
1473833116 (electronic bk.)
1473831695
9781473831698
1781593086
9781781593080 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-294) and indexes.
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