Manpower and the Armies of the British Empire in the Two World Wars

by Mark Frost

Book Overview

In the first and only examination of how the British Empire and Commonwealth sustained its soldiers before, during, and after both world wars, a cast of leading military historians explores how the empire mobilized manpower to recruit workers, care for veterans, and transform factory workers and farmers into riflemen.

Raising armies is more than counting people, putting them in uniform, and assigning them to formations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501755846
• ISBN13: 9781501755842
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher