In the first and only examination of how the British Empire and Commonwealth sustained its soldiers before, during, and after both world wars, a cast of leading military historians explores how the empire mobilized manpower to recruit workers, care for veterans, and transform fa…
The Government that Could Not Say No and Australia's Military Effort, 1914-1918 / Jean Bou -- Irish Identities in the British Army during the First World War / Richard S. Grayson -- Conserving British Manpower during and after the First World War / Jessica Meyer -- The Canadian …
"Examines how the British Empire and Commonwealth mobilized manpower for the armed services, agriculture, and industry during the two world wars and how they cared for veterans, both able-bodied and disabled, when the fighting was over"--
"Examines how the British Empire and Commonwealth mobilized manpower for the armed services, agriculture, and industry during the two world wars and how they cared for veterans, both able-bodied and disabled, when the fighting was over"--
"This is the first in-depth and comparative study of the experience of colonial encounters for troops from the British Empire during the First World War. Drawing on a rich variety of textual and visual material, Anna Maguire explores new contact zones that materialised beyond th…