Research Catalog

Title

Public schools and the Great War / by Anthony Seldon, David Walsh.

Author

Seldon, Anthony

Publication

Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

Walsh, David (History teacher)

Description

320 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm

Summary

"In this pioneering and original book, Anthony Seldon and David Walsh study the impact that the public schools had on the conduct of the Great War, and vice versa. Drawing on fresh evidence from 200 leading public schools and other archives, they challenge the conventional wisdom that it was the public school ethos that caused needless suffering on the Western Front and elsewhere. They distinguish between the younger front-line officers with recent school experience and the older 'top brass' whose mental outlook was shaped more by military background than by memories of school."--Publishers website.

Subject

• 1914-1918
• Endowed public schools (Great Britain) > History
• World War, 1914-1918 > Social aspects > Great Britain
• Warfare and Defence

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-294) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Public school men -- Into battle 1914-1916 -- Ireland and the Dominions -- School life during the War -- Headmasters and teachers: the toll of war -- The eternal bond -- To the end on land, sea and air 1917-1918 -- Armistice and commemoration: no end to conflict -- The war becomes history -- The lost generation.

ISBN

• 1781593086 (cloth)
• 9781781593080 (cloth)

OCLC

• 858826090
• SCSB-10859969

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library