Scotland and the First World War: Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Bannockburn

by Michael Brown

Book Overview

What did war look like in the cultural imagination of 1914? Why did men in Scotland sign up to fight in unprecedented numbers? What were the martial myths shaping Scottish identity from the aftermath of Bannockburn to the close of the nineteenth century, and what did the Scottish soldiers of the First World War think they were fighting for? Scotland and the First World War: Myth, Memory and the Legacy of Bannockburn is a collection of new interdisciplinary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611487765
• ISBN13: 9781611487763
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.7"