"The Blood of Our Sons": Men, Women and the Renegotiation of British Citizenship during the Great War.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review)

Nicoletta F. Gullace. "The Blood of Our Sons": Men, Women and the Renegotiation of British Citizenship during the Great War. New York: Palgrave. 2002. Pp. 284. $39.95. ISBN 0-312-29446-8.

This is a book in two halves. The first half comprises five lively and readable chapters that examine the propaganda generated by the First World War about men, women, and service to the state in Britain. Nicoletta Gullace begins with a discussion of German atrocity stories and the way they helped build a "gendered version" of the conflict, the pressure placed on men to join ...

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