This interdisciplinary book is the first systematic study of the relationship between
nationalism and war and, as such, makes an original contribution to theories of nationalism …

The story of propaganda and patriotism in First World War Britain too often focuses on the
clichés of Kitchener,'over by Christmas' and the deaths of patriotic young volunteers at the …

" En agosto de 2008, el gobierno británico publicó su primer" Registro Nacional de
Riesgos", que contenía una" evaluación de los riesgos de las emergencias civiles a las que …

The subject of the book is a biography of the theoretical physicist Arnold Sommerfeld (1868-
1951). Although Sommerfeld is famous as a quantum theorist for the elaboration of the semi …

The emergence of a vibrant imperial culture in British society from the 1890s both fascinated
and appalled contemporaries. It has also consistently provoked controversy among …

This book investigates the uses of crusader medievalism–the memory of the crusades and
crusading rhetoric and imagery–in Britain, from Walter Scott's The Talisman (1825) to the …

This book demonstrates how people were kept ignorant by censorship and indoctrinated by
propaganda. Censorship suppressed all information that criticized the army and …

The image of the First World War soldier as a cowed victim, caught in the grip of a
meaningless, industrialized war, is one that has become entrenched in the British popular …

Modern democracies face tough life-and-death choices in armed conflicts. Chief among
them is how to weigh the value of soldiers' lives against those of civilians on both sides. The …

This is a major new history of the British army during the Great War written by three leading
military historians. Ian Beckett, Timothy Bowman and Mark Connelly survey operations on …