- 336 pages
- English
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About this book
"A sweeping riveting history that manages to capture the essence of the conflict, as well as the contributions of particular schools and individuals." —
HMC Insight Magazine
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.
The Authors argue that, in general, the young officers' public school education imbued them with idealism, stoicism and a sense of service. While this helped them care selflessly for the men under their command in conditions of extreme danger, it resulted in their death rate being nearly twice the national average.
This poignant and thought-provoking work covers not just those who made the final sacrifice, but also those who returned, and whose lives were shattered as a result of their physical and psychological wounds. It contains a wealth of unpublished detail about public school life before and during the War, and how these establishments and the country at large coped with the devastating loss of so many of the brightest and best. Seldon and Walsh conclude that, 100 years on, public school values and character training, far from being concepts to be mocked, remain relevant and that the present generation would benefit from studying them and the example of their predecessors.
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.
The Authors argue that, in general, the young officers' public school education imbued them with idealism, stoicism and a sense of service. While this helped them care selflessly for the men under their command in conditions of extreme danger, it resulted in their death rate being nearly twice the national average.
This poignant and thought-provoking work covers not just those who made the final sacrifice, but also those who returned, and whose lives were shattered as a result of their physical and psychological wounds. It contains a wealth of unpublished detail about public school life before and during the War, and how these establishments and the country at large coped with the devastating loss of so many of the brightest and best. Seldon and Walsh conclude that, 100 years on, public school values and character training, far from being concepts to be mocked, remain relevant and that the present generation would benefit from studying them and the example of their predecessors.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Maps
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Public School Men
- Chapter 2: Into Battle 1914–1916
- Chapter 3: Ireland and the Dominions
- Chapter 4: School Life during the War
- Chapter 5: Headmasters and Teachers: the Toll of War
- Chapter 6: The Eternal Bond
- Chapter 7: To the End on Land, Sea and Air 1917–1918
- Chapter 8: Armistice and Commemoration: No End to Conflict
- Chapter 9: The War Becomes History
- Chapter 10: The Lost Generation
- Appendix: List of public schools war statistics
- Notes
- Bibliography