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To end all wars a story of loyalty and rebellion, 1914-1918

In this brilliant new work of history, Adam Hochschild follows a group of characters connected by blood ties, close friendships or personal enmities and shows how the war exposed the divisions between them. They include the brother and sister whose views on the war could not have been more diametric...

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Main Author: Hochschild, Adam (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Pan Books 2011
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918 > Great Britain
World War, 1914-1918 > Social aspects > Great Britain
Soldiers > Great Britain > Biography
Conscientious objectors > Great Britain > Biography
Loyalty > Case studies
World War, 1914-1918 > Psychological aspects
World War, 1914-1918 > Moral and ethical aspects
Militarism > Great Britain > History > 20th century
Pacifism > Great Britain > History > 20th century
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : clash of dreams
  • pt. I: Dramatis personae. 1. Brother and sister
  • 2. A man of no illusions
  • 3. A clergyman's daughter
  • 4. Holy warriors
  • 5. Boy miner
  • 6. On the eve
  • pt. II: 1914. 7. A strange light
  • 8. As swimmers into cleanness leaping
  • 9. The God of Right will watch the fight
  • pt. III: 1915. 10. This isn't war
  • 11. In the thick of it
  • 12. Not this tide
  • pt. IV: 1916. 13. We regret nothing
  • 14. God, God, where's the rest of the boys?
  • 15. Casting away arms
  • pt. V: 1917. 16. Between the lion's jaws
  • 17. The world is my country
  • 18. Drowning on land
  • 19. Please don't die
  • pt. VI: 1918. 20. Backs to the wall
  • 21. There are more dead than living now
  • pt. VII: Exeunt omnes. 22. The devil's own hand
  • 23. An imaginary cemetery

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