What was life really like for the ordinary soldier, sailor, airman, and civilian during World War I? Was it different for the British, French and Americans than it was for the Germans? This work brings to life all aspects of the military and civilian experience of ordinary people on both sides of the war. Rich with information not available elsewhere, this engagingly written narrative focuses on the real details of living in wartime: how men were recruited and trained, the equipment they used, what they ate, trench warfare as a way of life, and the phenomenon of combat. The life of seamen and the novel experience of the first airmen provide contrast to the life of the soldier in the trenches. The work also describes the medical system for treating the wounded, the life of a prisoner of war, and the experience of the military nurse and the first women in uniform. The book also details how life on the home front changed in myriad ways from the schoolchild's lesson to the fevered prosperity of a wartime economy, to the change in the traditional role of women on the home front from homemaker to a crucial source of labor.
- ISBN10 0313326770
- ISBN13 9780313326776
- Publish Date 30 December 2002 (first published 30 August 2002)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 7 July 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Greenwood Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 296
- Language English