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About this book
'By far the best study of Britain and the First World War that has yet been written.'
London Review of Books
The Myriad Faces of War, first published in 1987, is a unique and compelling study of the First World War from the standpoint of British involvement. It explores the reasons for Britain's entry into the war, the nature and course of Britain's participation, and the far-reaching repercussions of the war on British society. The result is a rich and comprehensive chronicle of the social, political, diplomatic and military aspects of the 'Great War.'
'Professor Trevor Wilson's mighty work on the first world war... is a truly significant contribution to our understanding of what the war meant to the British people... a disciplined, unsentimental and thoughtful book - and it also retains strongly the human touch.'
Spectator
'Wilson ranges impressively over all major aspects of the conflict... a judicious, readable overview of a monster subject.'
New York Times
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part One: Going to War AugustâDecember 1914
- Part Two: Ruling the Waves 1914â1915
- Part Three: Battlefronts JanuaryâJune 1915
- Part Four: Home Front 1914â1915
- Part Five: Battlefronts  JulyâDecember 1915
- Part Six: Brief Encounter at Sea: Â the Battle of Jutland, 1916
- Part Seven: Blooding the New Armies: the Battle of the Somme, 1916
- Part Eight: On The Peripheries 1916
- Part Nine: Home Front  1916
- Part Ten: The Killing Time  1917
- Part Eleven: Home Front  1917
- Part Twelve: Battlefronts  1918
- Part Thirteen: Home Front 1918
- Part Fourteen: Some Participant Views
- Part Fifteen: Some Social Aspects
- Part Sixteen: Aftermath
- Part Seventeen: Reconstruction
- Part Eighteen: Settling Up
- INDEX
- About the Author
- Copyright