Through its branches and clubs, fund-raising activities, political pressure, and work for peace, the British Legion became part of the fabric of British life and exerted a powerful and profound influence upon British society and politics. A better understanding of the legion and its social impact fills a real gap in our understanding of British life and society during the inter-war years. Assesses the influence of the British Legion on UK society between the wars Compares the British veterans' organisations to their more politicised continental counterparts
British Veterans, Politics, and Society, 1921-1939
Hardback
Publication Date: 30/08/2005
An illuminating study of the British veterans' movement, which explains how the British Legion became a national institution In the years following World War I, the British Legion became a symbol for service, tradition, and stability in British life. In the war's aftermath, many veterans' organizations on the continent became violently politicized. However, the competing groups in Britain came together in 1921 to form the unified and overtly non-political British Legion. Its mission and identity was founded upon its members' experience of the Great War. The Legion's belief that the comradeship of the trenches could transcend all barriers of rank and class was a reflection of the starting changes stirred by the Great War. Instead of succumbing to bitterness and alienation, the British Legion became a positive social force in the 1920s. Based on extensive original research, this is the first modern work to take an objective and analytical view of the British Legion. By examining each major facet of the British Legion in turn, Barr draws a convincing picture of this organisation that became a national institution.
Through its branches and clubs, fund-raising activities, political pressure, and work for peace, the British Legion became part of the fabric of British life and exerted a powerful and profound influence upon British society and politics. A better understanding of the legion and its social impact fills a real gap in our understanding of British life and society during the inter-war years. Assesses the influence of the British Legion on UK society between the wars Compares the British veterans' organisations to their more politicised continental counterparts
Through its branches and clubs, fund-raising activities, political pressure, and work for peace, the British Legion became part of the fabric of British life and exerted a powerful and profound influence upon British society and politics. A better understanding of the legion and its social impact fills a real gap in our understanding of British life and society during the inter-war years. Assesses the influence of the British Legion on UK society between the wars Compares the British veterans' organisations to their more politicised continental counterparts
- ISBN:
- 9780313324741
- 9780313324741
- Category:
- British & Irish history
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 30-08-2005
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 248
- Dimensions (mm):
- 235x156x15mm
- Weight:
- 0.51kg
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