Peace at Last: A Portrait of Armistice Day, 11 November 1918

by Guy Cuthbertson

Book Overview

What happened on the last day of the Great War?

Each year since we have marked the end of the war with tributes and remembrance, solemnity and respect. But as Peace at Last reveals, the first Armistice Day in 1918 was entirely unprecedented and extraordinary. Upon hearing the news of the peace, crowds of people took to the streets, scaled statues, burnt effigies on bonfires and ran riot as joy and relief swept through the British...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300233388
• ISBN13: 9780300233384
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.8"