Great War and the British Empire

<p>In 1914 almost one quarter of the earth's surface was British. When the empire and its allies went to war in 1914 against the Central Powers history's first global conflict was inevitable. </p><p>It is the social and cultural reactions to that war and within those distant often overlooked societies which is the focus of this volume. From Singapore to Australia Cyprus to Ireland India to Iraq and around the rest of the British imperial world further complexities and interlocking themes are addressed offering new perspectives on imperial and colonial history and theory as well as art music photography propaganda education pacifism gender class race and diplomacy at the end of the<i> pax Britannica.</i></p>