Men of War Masculinity and the First World

Exploring how understandings of masculinity were constructed by British First World war servicemen through examination of their personal narratives, including letters home from the front and wartime diaries. This book presents a nuanced investigation of masculine identity in Britain during and after the First World War.

JESSICA MEYER holds degrees from Yale University and the University of Cambridge, UK. She has published articles on subjects including shell-shock, the wives of disabled ex-servicemen and popular literature and the First World War. She is currently researching the history of the wedding in Britain and America.

List of Figures	p. viii
List of Abbreviations	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Writing Home: Men's Letters from the Front	p. 14
Wartime Diaries	p. 47
Remembering the Heroic Dead: Letters of Condolence	p. 74
'Fit only for Light Work': Disabled Ex-servicemen and the Struggle for a Domestic Masculinity	p. 97
'The Very Basic Test of Manhood': War Memoirs and the Remembering of Martial Masculinities	p. 128
Conclusion	p. 161
Notes	p. 168
Bibliography	p. 200
Index	p. 209
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