Robert J. Tarr: Devon's World War I harrowing survival, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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This book examines the experiences and impact of wartime mobilization in the county of Devon. It argues that a crucial role was played by the county s elites who became the self-appointed intermediaries of the war experience on a local level and who took an explicitly exhortative role, attempting to educate Devonians in the codes of ideal
conduct in wartime. These armchair patriots, defined by the local commentator Stephen
Reynolds as provincial patriots , superintended the patriotism of Devon s population,
evaluating that patriotism against the strength of their own. Through a critical
exploration of Reynolds definition of Devon s elite as the police-men and women of
patriotism, this book reveals the ambiguities, constraints and complexities surrounding
mobilization and remobilization in Devon.