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catalog abstract ""Britain's outstanding military achievement in the First World War has been eclipsed by literary myths. Why has the Army's role on the Western Front been so seriously misrepresented? This book shows how myths have become deeply rooted, particularly in the inter-war period, in the 1960s when the war was rediscovered, and in the 1990s. The outstanding 'anti-war' influences have been 'war poets', subalterns' trench memoirs, the book and film of All Quiet on the Western Front, and the play Journey's End. For a new generation in the 1960s the play and film of Oh What a Lovely War had a dramatic effect, while more recently Blackadder has been dominant. Until recently historians had either reinforced the myths, or had failed to counter them. Now, thanks to the opening of the official archives and a more objective approach by a new generation, the myths are being challenged. This book follows the intense controversy from 1918 to the present, and concludes that historians are at last permitting the First World War to be placed in proper perspective."--Jacket.".
catalog contributor b12561777.
catalog coverage "Great Britain Social conditions 20th century.".
catalog created "2002.".
catalog date "2002".
catalog date "2002.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
catalog description ""Britain's outstanding military achievement in the First World War has been eclipsed by literary myths. Why has the Army's role on the Western Front been so seriously misrepresented? This book shows how myths have become deeply rooted, particularly in the inter-war period, in the 1960s when the war was rediscovered, and in the 1990s. The outstanding 'anti-war' influences have been 'war poets', subalterns' trench memoirs, the book and film of All Quiet on the Western Front, and the play Journey's End. For a new generation in the 1960s the play and film of Oh What a Lovely War had a dramatic effect, while more recently Blackadder has been dominant. Until recently historians had either reinforced the myths, or had failed to counter them.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-124) and index.".
catalog description "Now, thanks to the opening of the official archives and a more objective approach by a new generation, the myths are being challenged. This book follows the intense controversy from 1918 to the present, and concludes that historians are at last permitting the First World War to be placed in proper perspective."--Jacket.".
catalog description "The Necessary War, 1914-1918 -- Goodbye to All That, 1919-1933 -- Donkeys and Flanders Mud the War Rediscovered in the 1960s -- Thinking the Unthinkable the First World War as History -- Sir Lees Knowles (1857-1928) -- The Lees Knowles Lectures.".
catalog extent "x, 128 p. ;".
catalog identifier "0521809959".
catalog issued "2002".
catalog issued "2002.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
catalog spatial "Great Britain Social conditions 20th century.".
catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
catalog spatial "Western Front.".
catalog subject "940.4/0941 21".
catalog subject "D546 .B66 2002".
catalog subject "Great Britain. Army History World War, 1914-1918.".
catalog subject "Military discipline Great Britain.".
catalog subject "World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front.".
catalog subject "World War, 1914-1918 Casualties.".
catalog subject "World War, 1914-1918 Great Britain.".
catalog subject "World War, 1914-1918 Historiography.".
catalog tableOfContents "The Necessary War, 1914-1918 -- Goodbye to All That, 1919-1933 -- Donkeys and Flanders Mud the War Rediscovered in the 1960s -- Thinking the Unthinkable the First World War as History -- Sir Lees Knowles (1857-1928) -- The Lees Knowles Lectures.".
catalog title "The unquiet western front : Britain's role in literature and history / Brian Bond.".
catalog type "History. fast".
catalog type "text".