Citizen Soldiers: The Liverpool Territorials in the First World War

by Helen B. McCartney

Book Overview

The popular image of the British soldier in the First World War is of a passive victim, caught up in events beyond his control, and isolated from civilian society. This book offers a different vision of the soldier's experience of war. Using letters and official sources relating to Liverpool units, Helen McCartney shows how ordinary men were able to retain their civilian outlook and use it to influence their experience in the trenches. These citizen...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521848008
• ISBN13: 9780521848008
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"