Great Britain's Great War
By: by Jeremy Paxman
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London, England; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780670919611; 9780670919642; 9780670919628; 9780670919635
Subjects: Social aspects; World War, 1914-1918; Warfare and Defence; History
Description: What was life actually like for the British during the First World War? The images we have all reinforce the idea that it was, in the end, an utterly pointless waste of life, and little more. So why did we fight so willingly and how did we endure it for so long? Jeremy Paxman brings vividly to life the day to day experience of the British over the entire course of the war.
Notes: TV tie-in.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-343) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the cigar box; title: 1. Tears and cheers; title: 2. Contemptibly small; title: 3. Willing for a shilling; title: 4. Learning to hate; title: 5. Drunken swabs; title: 6. What happened to Uncle Charlie; title: 7. Mud; title: 8. Hand that rocks the cradle wrecks the world; title: 9. Lost at sea; title: 10. Great European Cup final; title: 11. Upsetting the country altogether; title: 12. Stiff upper lips; title: 13. At last; title: 14. After the eleventh hour.