British Culture and the First World War.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review)

George Robb. British Culture and the First World War. (Social History in Perspective.) New York: Palgrave. 2002. Pp. ix, 274. $21.95 paper. ISBN 0-333-71572-1.

It is always difficult to review a book on a subject very close to the one that you have been trying to write a book on for several years. I was naturally pre-disposed to be very critical of George Robb, British Culture and the First World War in the spirit of defending the turf. But this is a very good treatment of the British at war and one that will deservedly take its place as a standard text book as well as providing a ...

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