Great Britain's Great War

By: Jeremy Paxman;

Language: English

Quality: Good

Genre: History,

ISBN: 9780670919628

SKU: BE500267840062

Pages: 400

Description: The well-known images -- the pointing finger of Lord Kitchener; a Tommy buried in the mud of the Western Front; the memorial poppies of remembrance day -- all reinforce the idea that it was a pointless waste of life. So why did the British fight it so willingly and how did the country endure it for so long?