A Part of History: Aspects of the British Experience of the First World War

As the first survivors die out, the First World War passes into the realm of history. This book is a consideration of various aspects of the British experience of the war in the light of more recent historiographical trends: but also a prediction of how these areas are likely to be researched and written about in the future.

The central theme is how our understanding of the war is likely to change now that first hand experience has been lost.

The contributors to this book are:

Michael Howard

Gary Sheffield

Dan Todman

Stephen Badsey

Terry Charman

Esther Maccallum Stewart

Gavin Stamp

Brian Bond

Dominic Hibberd

Michael Burleigh

Jane Potter

Terry Castle

Ian Bostridge

Max Saunders

Julian Putkowski

Malcolm Brown

Trevor Wilson

Peter Hart

Santanu Das

Nick Hewitt

Tony Pollard

Nicholas Reeves
Lyn MacDonald

Sir Michael Howard served with the British Army in Italy during the Second World War and was awarded a Military Cross. Thereafter he established the Department of War Studies at King's College London, which he left to become first Chilchele Professor of the History of War, and then Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford, ending his professional career as Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale. He has been awarded The Order of Merit and is a Companion of Honour. In addition to his own History of the First World War, his works include The Franco-Prussian War, War in European History, and most recently Liberation or Catastrophe.