Public Schools and the Great War: The Generation Lost

by David Walsh and Anthony Seldon

Book Overview

The book examines the impact which the Great War had on the Public Schools and the sacrificial contribution made to the victory which came in 1918. The war consumed about a fifth of all the public schoolboys who fought, while the survivors were scarred by the loss of so many friends. Based largely on source material from school archives and histories, it moves from the naive excitement of the summer of 1914 to the many moving stories that emerge from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526739895
• ISBN13: 9781526739896
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"