Someone Else's War
eBook - ePub

Someone Else's War

Fighting for the British Empire in World War I

  1. 360 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Someone Else's War

Fighting for the British Empire in World War I

About this book

World War I was the first truly global conflict and its effects were felt across the British Empire. When war broke out in 1914, Great Britain had the largest empire, encompassing one quarter of the population of the world. Many colonial citizens were to be enlisted into the war effort and shipped from their homes in Africa, Asia and Australasia to fight on the battlefields of the Western Front. What was the experience of war like for citizens of empire, whether combatants or not? How did the empire affect countries administered by Great Britain but geographically located tens of thousands of miles from the conflict? In this book, John Connor tells the story of the people whose lives were profoundly affected by 'someone else's war' – dragged, against their will, into a geopolitical conflict vastly removed from their normal lives.

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Information

Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9781784532703
eBook ISBN
9781786725431
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. List of Tables
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Map
  9. Introduction – The British Empire and World War I
  10. 1: 1914: The Emden in the Indian Ocean
  11. 2: Shipping, Trade and Rationing
  12. 3: 1915: The Three Battles of Aubers Ridge, France
  13. 4: Making Munitions
  14. 5: 1916: The East African Campaign
  15. 6: Dissent
  16. 7: 1917: The Battle of Messines
  17. 8: Volunteers and Conscripts
  18. 9: 1918: The Battles of Amiens and Megiddo
  19. 10: Farmers and Agriculture
  20. World War I Timeline
  21. Notes
  22. Select Bibliography
  23. Index
  24. eCopyright