Great War and the British Empire
In 1914 almost one quarter of the earth''s surface was British. When the empire and its allies went to war in 1914 against the Central Powers, history''s first global conflict was inevitable.
It is the social and cultural reactions to that war and within those distant, often overlooked, societies which is the focus of this volume. From Singapore to Australia, Cyprus to Ireland, India to Iraq and a...
In 1914 almost one quarter of the earth''s surface was British. When the empire and its allies went to war in 1914 against the Central Powers, history''s first global conflict was inevitable.
It is the social and cultural reactions to that war and within those distant, often overlooked, societies which is the focus of this volume. From Singapore to Australia, Cyprus to Ireland, India to Iraq and a...