{"product_id":"making-sense-of-the-great-war-crisis-englishness-and-morale-on-the-western-front-paperback-softback-9781009168748","title":"Making Sense of the Great War; Crisis, Englishness, and Morale on the Western Front (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009168748","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaking Sense of the Great War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCrisis, Englishness, and Morale on the Western Front\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis interdisciplinary account explores how English infantrymen in Belgium and France experienced and coped with war between 1914 and 1918.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlex Mayhew (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009168748, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e390 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Those who want to know how and why English soldiers endured the Great War ought to read Making Sense of the Great War.' Elizabeth Stice, Orange Blossom Ordinary\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe First World War was an unprecedented crisis, with communities and societies enduring the unimaginable hardships of a prolonged conflict on an industrial scale. In Belgium and France, the terrible capacity of modern weaponry destroyed the natural world and exposed previously held truths about military morale and tactics as falsehoods. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers suffered some of the worst conditions that combatants have ever faced. How did they survive? What did it mean to them? How did they perceive these events? Whilst the trenches of the Western Front have come to symbolise the futility and hopelessness of the Great War, Alex Mayhew shows that English infantrymen rarely interpreted their experiences in this way. They sought to survive, navigated the crises that confronted them, and crafted meaningful narratives about their service. Making Sense of the Great War reveals the mechanisms that allowed them to do so.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Environment\u003cbr\u003e 1. Familiarising the Western Front: Attachment to Belgium and France\u003cbr\u003e 2. Enduring the Western Front: Winter and Morale\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Social Groups\u003cbr\u003e 3. Defining Duty: Obligation and the Cultural Foundations of Morale\u003cbr\u003e 4. Imagining Home: Englishness in the Trenches\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Crises and Morale\u003cbr\u003e 5. Hoping for Peace: Victory and the Future\u003cbr\u003e 6. Experiencing Crisis: Battle and Sensemaking, c. July 1917–June 1918\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Military history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Military history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Military%20history%20%5BHBW%5D%22\"\u003eHBW\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52173714555160,"sku":"9781009168748","price":26.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009168748i.jpg?v=1781167828","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/making-sense-of-the-great-war-crisis-englishness-and-morale-on-the-western-front-paperback-softback-9781009168748","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}