Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain
While militaristic and patriotic organisations formed an important part of political culture in Edwardian Britain, 1918 often marks a terminus for histories of organised militarism. Taking the end of the First World War as its starting point instead, this book is the first full-length study of milit...
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| description | While militaristic and patriotic organisations formed an important part of political culture in Edwardian Britain, 1918 often marks a terminus for histories of organised militarism. Taking the end of the First World War as its starting point instead, this book is the first full-length study of militarism and militaristic associational culture in interwar Britain. It argues that militarism was able to survive World War One, despite the competing rise of liberal internationalism, pacifism, and anti-war sentiment. Focusing on the ideas, aims, and activities of the Navy League and the Air League of the British Empire – two extra-parliamentary organisations established to promote naval and aerial supremacy – the book examines how the Leagues negotiated the trauma of the First World War and how they contributed to the societal and military preparation for a second global conflict as the clouds of war gathered in the late 1930s.Drawing on extensive archival research, the book explains how these Leagues mobilised broad public and political support and what the story of each organisation tells us about the impact of war on British society and culture, civil-military relations, political and private activism, military theatre and commemoration, youth, and the politics of disarmament, collective security, internationalism, and national defence. In doing so, it demonstrates that martial and militaristic sentiment remained an important part of mainstream British political culture, despite the ravages of war. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1765352026-05-19T08:58:49Z Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain Thompson, Rowan | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7138-3043 Air League associational culture British Empire civic ritual heritage militarisation militarism military culture modernity Navy technology voluntary societies youth thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWT Military institutions thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history While militaristic and patriotic organisations formed an important part of political culture in Edwardian Britain, 1918 often marks a terminus for histories of organised militarism. Taking the end of the First World War as its starting point instead, this book is the first full-length study of militarism and militaristic associational culture in interwar Britain. It argues that militarism was able to survive World War One, despite the competing rise of liberal internationalism, pacifism, and anti-war sentiment. Focusing on the ideas, aims, and activities of the Navy League and the Air League of the British Empire – two extra-parliamentary organisations established to promote naval and aerial supremacy – the book examines how the Leagues negotiated the trauma of the First World War and how they contributed to the societal and military preparation for a second global conflict as the clouds of war gathered in the late 1930s.Drawing on extensive archival research, the book explains how these Leagues mobilised broad public and political support and what the story of each organisation tells us about the impact of war on British society and culture, civil-military relations, political and private activism, military theatre and commemoration, youth, and the politics of disarmament, collective security, internationalism, and national defence. In doing so, it demonstrates that martial and militaristic sentiment remained an important part of mainstream British political culture, despite the ravages of war. 2026-05-19T08:58:48Z 2026-05-19T08:58:48Z 2026-05-07T10:44:05Z 2026 book 3049-5105 https://uolpress.co.uk/book/organised-militarism-in-interwar-britain/ https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112966 9781908590794 9781908590787 9781908590800 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/176535 eng New Historical Perspectives open access image/jpeg https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112966/4/9781908590800.pdf University of London Press University of London Press 10.63674/pycy9503 10.63674/pycy9503 3fae60e1-9f6a-42ab-a7ee-73df8c57b4f2 9781908590794 9781908590787 9781908590800 University of London Press None London, GB open access |
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