FIRST WORLD WAR: The Essential Guide to Sources in the National Archives

The Public Record Office - the National Archives for England, Wales and the United Kingdom - hold the most comprehensive and important collection of official documentary records relating to Britain’s involvement in the First World War.Here, for the first time, within thematically arranged sections, this wealth of material is systematically listed and explained. Sources for every conceivable aspect of the Great War are covered, from government decision-making and the military conduct of the war in all arenas to home front issues such as food supply and the management of morale. Some generally unknown or unused records are detailed here for the first time.This new guide is the essential launchpad for more in-depth study as well as a goldmine of fascinating information for anyone interested in wartime study.No serious historian or enthusiast working on the First World War can afford to be without it.

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Product Code:	6483
Author:	Ian F. W. Beckett
ISBN:	1 903365 41 4
Format:	352pp, hb.
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