{"product_id":"the-unquiet-western-front-britains-role-in-literature-and-history-hardback-9780521809955","title":"The Unquiet Western Front; Britain's Role in Literature and History (Hardback) 9780521809955","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Unquiet Western Front\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBritain's Role in Literature and History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 2002 book is a study of myth and controversy in Britain's role in the First World War.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrian Bond (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521809955, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 July 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e140 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.9 x 1.7 cm, 0.373 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'… useful and provocative …' Cultural and Social History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBritain's outstanding military achievement in the First World War has been eclipsed by literary myths. Why has the Army's role on the Western Front been so seriously misrepresented? This 2002 book shows how myths have become deeply rooted, particularly in the inter-war period, in the 1960s, and in the 1990s. The outstanding 'anti-war' influences have been 'war poets', subalterns' trench memoirs, the book and film of All Quiet on the Western Front, and the play Journey's End. For a new generation in the 1960s the play and film of Oh What a Lovely War had a dramatic effect, while more recently Blackadder has been dominant. Until more recently, historians had either reinforced the myths, or had failed to counter them. This book follows the intense controversy from 1918 to the present, and concludes that historians are at last permitting the First World War to be placed in proper perspective.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface and acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. The necessary war, 1914–18\u003cbr\u003e 2. Goodbye to all that, 1919–33\u003cbr\u003e 3. Donkeys and Flanders mud: the war rediscovered in the 1960s\u003cbr\u003e 4. Thinking the unthinkable: the first world war as history\u003cbr\u003e Sir Lees Knowles (1857–1928)\u003cbr\u003e The Lees Knowles lectures\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Media studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Media studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Media%20studies%20%5BJFD%5D%22\"\u003eJFD\u003c\/a\u003e], History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e], First World War [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on First World War\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22First%20World%20War%20%5BHBWN%5D%22\"\u003eHBWN\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: from c 1900 - [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: from c 1900 -\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20from%20c%201900%20-%20%5BDSBH%5D%22\"\u003eDSBH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45908949434648,"sku":"9780521809955","price":51.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521809955i_8d2cdbae-b560-492f-8824-62795cc5b9cc.jpg?v=1691368281","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-unquiet-western-front-britains-role-in-literature-and-history-hardback-9780521809955","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}