Keeping the Home Fires Burning
Entertaining the Troops at Home and Abroad During the Great War
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2022
Pen & Sword History (Verlag)
978-1-3990-0441-1 (ISBN)
Pen & Sword History (Verlag)
978-1-3990-0441-1 (ISBN)
Covers a much-ignored aspect of the First World War - how both troops and the general public were kept bolstered and entertained during the war.
_Keeping the Home Fires Burning_ tells the story of how the troops and the general public were kept happy and content during the First World War. Between 1914 and 1918 there was entertainment of the masses for the sole purpose of promotion of the war effort. It was the first time that a concerted effort to raise and sustain morale was ever made by any British government and was a combination of government sponsored ideas and lucky happenstance. It was all picked up and used by the new Propaganda Ministry.
The range of activities was wide and varied, from poetry to cinema, from music hall singers and artists to the creation of battlefield heroes. There was postcard humour and deliberate veneration of philanthropists - and war participants - like Woodbine Willie.
The theme of _Keeping the Home Fires Burning_ is backed up by 40 illustrations from the time, including participants, posters, battlefield views and so on.
_Keeping the Home Fires Burning_ tells the story of how the troops and the general public were kept happy and content during the First World War. Between 1914 and 1918 there was entertainment of the masses for the sole purpose of promotion of the war effort. It was the first time that a concerted effort to raise and sustain morale was ever made by any British government and was a combination of government sponsored ideas and lucky happenstance. It was all picked up and used by the new Propaganda Ministry.
The range of activities was wide and varied, from poetry to cinema, from music hall singers and artists to the creation of battlefield heroes. There was postcard humour and deliberate veneration of philanthropists - and war participants - like Woodbine Willie.
The theme of _Keeping the Home Fires Burning_ is backed up by 40 illustrations from the time, including participants, posters, battlefield views and so on.
Phil Carradice is a well-known writer and historian with over 60 books to his credit. A poet, story teller and broadcaster, his most recent books are The Cuban Missile Crisis (for Pen and Sword), The Call Up (Fonthill) and the novel Stargazers for Accent Press. He is a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio and TV, presents the BBC Wales History programme The Past Master and is widely regarded as one of the finest creative writing tutors in Wales.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.03.2022 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 40 black and white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Barnsley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3990-0441-7 / 1399004417 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3990-0441-1 / 9781399004411 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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