Veterans of the First World War: Ex-Servicemen and Ex-Servicewomen in Post-War Britain and Ireland (Routledge Studies in First World War History) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367661306 ISBN 13: 9780367661304

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

This volume synthesises the latest scholarship on First World War veterans in post-war Britain and Ireland, investigating the topic through its political, social and cultural dynamics. It examines the post-war experiences of those men and women who served and illuminates the nature of the post-war society for which service had been given. Complicating the homogenising tendency in existing scholarship it offers comparison of the experiences of veterans in different regions of Britain, including perspectives drawn from Ireland. Further nuance is offered by the assessment of the experiences of ex-servicewomen alongside those of ex-servicemen, such focus deeping understanding into the gendered specificities of post-war veteran activities and experiences. Moreover, case studies of specific cohorts of veterans are offered, including focus on disabled veterans and ex-prisoners of war.

In these regards the collection offers vital updates to existing scholarship while bringing important new departures and challenges to the current interpretive frameworks of veteran experiences in post-war Britain and Ireland.

About this title

About the Author

David Swift is the Kreitman Postdoctoral Fellow at Ben Gurion University of the Negev

Oliver Wilkinson is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Wolverhampton

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367661306
• ISBN 13: 9780367661304
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Swift David, Wilkinson Oliver