Wales and War: Society, Politics and Religion in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

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This collection of essays re-examines the reaction of the Welsh people to war. Focussing on a series of conflicts from the mid-nineteenth to the mid twentieth centuries it offers a sharp corrective to the generally accepted picture of Wales as a nation wedded to pacifism. If those in the urban and industrial south, tied as they were into Britain's Imperial economy, were often enthusiastic proponents of and participants in armed conflict, a majority even in the rural areas could be relied upon to rally to the flag. This important collection, through its examination of the political, religious, cultural and social dimensions of war, will shed new light not only on the Welsh past, but that of Britain more generally.

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"Particularly welcome as it contains the work of a largely new generation of historians and approaches the topic in a methodologically innovative and varied fashion." Readers Report"This impressive volume, admirably edited by two of our most distinguished modern Welsh historians, Matthew Cragoe and Chris Williams, provides a timely, much needed corrective. The volume is most attractively produced, a real pleasure to handle, sporting an eye-catching dust-jacket and a striking frontispiece." J. Graham Jones, Planet, 2007 'The volume is attractively produced, a real pleasure to handle, sporting an eye-catching dust jacket and a striking frontispiece depicting a poster of Lord Roberts of Kandahar.' J. Graham Jones, Morgannwg Volume LII, 2008

Author Bio

Matthew Cragoe is Professor of Modern British History at the University of Hertfordshire. He recently published Culture, Politics and National Identity in Wales, 1832-86 (Oxford, 2004). Chris Williams is Professor of History at the University of Glamorgan. From Jan 2005 he will be based at the University of Swansea, as he has been appointed to a chair in History.