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The British Army in Battle and Its Image 1914-18

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The British Army in Battle and Its Image 1914-18

Contributors:

By (Author) Dr Stephen Badsey

ISBN:

9780826437181

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Publication Date:

30th June 2009

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Professional and Scholarly

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

European history

Dewey:

940.41241

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

256

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 234mm

Description

In this collection of essays of incomparable scholarship, Stephen Badsey explores in individual detail how the British Army fought in the First World War, how politics and strategy affected its battles and the decisions of senior commanders such as Douglas Haig, and how these issues were intimately intertwined with the mass media portrayal of the Army to itself and to the British people. Informative, provocative, and often entertaining, based on more than a quarter-century of research, these essays on the British Army in the First World War range through topics from a trench raid to modern television comedy. As a contribution to progressive military history, The British Army in Battle and Its Image 1914-1918 proves that the way the British Army fought and its portrayal through the media cannot be separated. It is one of a growing number of studies which show that, far from being in opposition to each other, cultural history and the history of battle must be combined for the First World War to be properly understood. For more information visit Stephen Badsey's website www.stephenbadsey.com .

Reviews

Notice of publication, November 2009. -- The Bulletin of the Military Historical Society
Badsey is unrivalled as a narrator who combines a high level of scholarship with immediacy of narrative ... Almost every essay in this collection contains an element of this combination of discursive ability and analytical skill.In collecting them together, the Birmingham War Studies Series has done all those interested in the British army during the First World War a service by providing ready access to an interesting selection of work from an important scholar. -- Twentieth Century British History
mention in The Western Front Association Stand To! No. 88

Author Bio

Dr Stephen Badsey MA (Cantab.) FRHistS is Reader in Conflict Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. For many years he has been internationally recognised as one of the foremost historians of the First World War, particularly through his appearances on television and knowledge of the media in war.

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