03235nam 22006614a 450 991096495900332120200520144314.01-282-87589-297866128758921-4411-7408-7(CKB)2670000000054383(EBL)601629(OCoLC)682540763(SSID)ssj0001143009(PQKBManifestationID)12493031(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001143009(PQKBWorkID)11107116(PQKB)11180118(Au-PeEL)EBL601629(CaPaEBR)ebr10427145(CaONFJC)MIL287589(Perlego)806477(MiAaPQ)EBC601629(EXLCZ)99267000000005438320091203d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe British Army in battle and its image, 1914-1918 /Stephen BadseyLondon ;New York Continuum20091 online resource (261 p.)Birmingham war studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-4411-5319-5 0-8264-3718-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-223) and index.Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Series Editors' Preface; Author's Preface; 1 Introduction: The Western Front in Public History 1914-2014; 2 Douglas Haig and the Press 1914-1918; 3 Blackadder Goes Forth and the 'Two Western Fronts' Debate 1914-1918; 4 Cavalry and the Development of Breakthrough Doctrine 1914-1918; 5 The Battle of The Somme (1916): The Film of the Battle; 6 The Raid on Narrow Trench 1917; 7 The Press, Propaganda and Passchendaele 1917; 8 The Missing Western Front: Politics, Propaganda and Strategy 1918; Bibliography; IndexIn this collection of essays of incomparable scholarship, Stephen Badsey explores in individual detail how the British Army fought in the First World War, how politics and strategy affected its battles and the decisions of senior commanders such as Douglas Haig, and how these issues were intimately intertwined with the mass media portrayal of the Army to itself and to the British people. Informative, provocative, and often entertaining, based on more than a quarter-century of research, these essays on the British Army in the First World War range through topics from a trench raid to modern telBirmingham war studies series.World War, 1914-1918Great BritainWorld War, 1914-1918Public opinionGreat BritainWorld War, 1939-1945Mass media and the warPublic opinionGreat BritainHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918World War, 1914-1918Public opinionWorld War, 1939-1945Mass media and the war.Public opinionHistory940.41241Badsey Stephen882465MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910964959003321The British Army in battle and its image, 1914-19184447300UNINA