Great Britain's Great War
by Paxman, Jeremy 1950-.
Material type: BookPublisher: Viking 2013ISBN: 9780670919611; 0670919616; 9780670919642; 0670919640.Classification number: 940.341 PAXSubject(s): World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain | World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, British | World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936Subject: 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.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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940.311 HAS Catastrophe: Europe goes to war 1914 | 940.311 WEL Great war: the countdown to global conflict | 940.341 HOL Shots from the front: | 940.341 PAX Great Britain's Great War | 940.3427 MCG Liverpool in the Great War | 940.3427 MCG Liverpool in the Great War | 940.4 CLA World War I: |
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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.
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