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Scottish Voices From the Great War

Derek Young
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battalions
call to arms
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diaries
disillusionment
emotions|enthusiasm
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family history
First World War
first-hand account
front line
futility
genealogy
horrors|trench warfare
letters
local history
oral history
photographs
sacrifices
Scotland
Scottish
Scottish divisions
soldiers
The Great War
training
trenches
volunteers
World War I
World War One
WWI

Product details

  • ISBN 9780752439501
  • Weight: 310g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Nov 2006
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

Scotland's response to the Great War has, up until now, largely been marginalized or ignored. With a proportionally higher number of volunteers than any other home nation, Scotland's youth played a significant part in Britain's war effort. Here is the first study of Scotland's response to the call to arms; the true story behind the raising, the training, life in the trenches and the sacrifices faced by those battalions raised in Scotland. This book focuses on the experiences of those who served in the Scottish divisions. Charting the course of emotions from initial enthusiasm in August 1914 through to outright disillusionment with the continuation of the war in 1917, the author clearly shows how life at the front line produced both physical and emotional changes in those caught up in the horrors of trench warfare.
About Derek Young
Derek Young is a Research Fellow at the Unversity of Stirling. He made a national appeal across Scotland through the media for veterans to come forward to be interviewed and diaries to be sent in for consideration. His other books include Scottish Voices from the Second World War, also published by Tempus. He lives in Dundee.

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