For King and Country - Patriotism on the Home Front

Focusing on Somerset and Devon but addressing wider national and European themes, Dr Batten explores how local elites encouraged men to enlist , enforced wartime discipline and sought to define patriotism, while showing how ordinary people especially women and working -class communities - responded to or challenged these ideals. 

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