Organized Patriotism and the Crucible of War

Patriotic organizations in prewar Britain are often blamed for the public''s enthusiastic response to the outbreak of World War One. The wartime experience of these same organizations is insufficiently understood. In Organized Patriotism and the Crucible of War, Matthew Hendley examines how the stresses and strains of the Great War radically reshaped popular patriotism and imperialism in Britain a...