search

catalogue
A B C D E F
G H I J K L
M N O P Q R
S T U V W X
Y Z
 The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts
   Veterans, Their Organisations and Their Stories



Veterans of the First World War: Ex-Servicemen and Ex-Servicewomen in Post-War Britain and Ireland

by Oliver Wilkinson  David Swift  

ISBN
9780367661304

Purchase Price
£30.71 (new)

Date Purchased
March 2, 2021

Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group (2019, London & New York)

Notes
This book is part of the Routledge Studies in First World War History series, Series Editor, Professor John Bourne of the University of Birmingham. It is a collection of essays on the book's subject, as follows: Introduction: "British Veterans After the First World War "; by David Swift and Oliver Wilkinson (see "Authors"). 1. "The Deep Roots of the British Legion. The Emergence of First World War British Veterans' Organisations"; by Mike Hally, a doctoral candidate at the University of Edinburgh, and an independent radio producer making historical documentaries. 2. "Ex-Servicemen and the Soldiers' Sailors' and Airmens' Families Association, 1921"; by Paul Huddie, a Researcher at University College, Dublin. 3. "Between Workers and Soldiers: The Relationship Between the Labour Party and ex-Servicemen after the First World War"; by Marcus Morris, Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at Manchester Metropolitan University. 4. "A Fighting Man and a Thinking Man: The British Left, Ex-Servicemen, and Working Class Culture, 1914 - 1924"; by David Swift (see "Authors". 5. "Revolution, Ex-Servicemen and the Cork Branch of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers, 1918 - 1921"; by John Borgonovo, Lecturer in the School of History, University College, Cork. 6. "It's up to You Now to Fight for your Own Country: Ireland's Great War Veterans in the War of Independence 1919 - 21"; By Steven O'Connor, Lecturer in British History at Sorbonne University, Paris. 7. "Still in the Ranks of the Old Corps, Though Not on Active Service: Womens' Veteran Organisations in Inter-War Britain"; By Krisztina Roberts, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Roehampton. 8. "Paternalism and Prosthetics: Life for Disabled Veterans and Their Families on a Post-War Settlement"; By Martin Purdy, who completed his doctorate courtesy of an AFRC funded project that partnered the Westfield War memorial Village and the University of Lancaster. 9. "Wounded in a Mentionable Place: The (In)visibility of the Disabled Ex-Serviceman in Inter-War Britain"; By Jessica Meyer, Associate Professor of Modern British History at the University of Leeds. 10. "Ex-Prisoners of War, 1914-1918: Veteran Association, Assimilation and Disassociation after the First World War"; By Oliver Wilkinson (see "Authors").