Marilyn Shevin-Coetzee and Frans Coetzee are independent scholars; they have previously taught at Yale and George Washington Universities.Marilyn is the author of The German Army League: Popular Nationalism in Wilhelmine Germany (1990) and Frans the author of For Party or Country: Nationalism and the Dilemmas of Popular Conservatism in Edwardian England (1990).  Together, they have co-edited Authority, Identity and the Social History of the Great War (1995); World War I and European Society: A Sourcebook (1995); World War I: A History in Documents, Second Edition (2011); and The World in Flames: A World War II Sourcebook (2011).

“This accessible addition to source material on WW I should facilitate a focused yet general understanding of the war’s incredible scope without overwhelming readers with the detailed minutiae often found in primary source material.  Summing Up:  Recommended.  Lower-and upper-level undergraduates; general readers.”  (Choice, 1 September 2013)

• List of Maps xiiiChronology xvPreface xixI The Mood of 1914 1War Comes to France 61. A Nation Suddenly United 72. We Shall Be without Fear 123. On the Way to the Front 14Russia: For the Tsar and Motherland 154. The View from St. Petersburg 155. Russia’s Popular Mood 18Germany: For the Kaiser and Fatherland 186. A Just War against England 197. The Socialist Alternative 218. German Socialists Support the War 229. Thoughts on Mobilization 23Britain and the Empire Mobilize 2310. Popular Hysteria 2411. Recruiting for War 2612. A British Student in Arms 2913. A Canadian Clergyman at War 3114. The View from the Cameroons 33II War on the Western Front 37Adapting to Trench Warfare 401. Life Different as Possible 412. The Attack 453. War is Like a Big Picnic 494. All the World Over a Boy is a Boy, a Mother a Mother 515. War Diary of the Seaforth Highlanders 536. A Working Party 557. A Canadian in the Trenches 568. Report on the Afternoon’s Actions 589. Indian Units in France 59Commitment, Duty or Disillusion: German Students Assess the War 6110. The Readiness to Make a Sacrifice 6211. My Life is no Longer My Own 6412. I Look upon Death and Call upon Life 6513. Here One becomes another Man 6614. Copse 125 67Humor and Morale 6915. War 7016. Ten German Pioneers 7117. Rats 72III War to the East and South 73The Eastern Front 771. Tannenberg 782. Bad Things are Good Things under Adverse Circumstances 793. Not a Beaten Army 834. The Russian Turmoil 845. War in the East 856. Serbia’s War 867. The Army behind Barbed Wire 888. Among Prisoners of War 90War in the Mediterranean 939. The Italian Front 9310. Gallipoli 9711. The ANZAC Experience 9912. The Turkish Defense 10113. Palestine Campaigns 104Africa and Asia 11314. The Use of Native Troops 11315. A Doctor in Damaraland 11616. Petition to King George V 11717. The Fall of Tsingtao 11918. Japan’s Twenty-One Demands 121IV Combat in the Machine Age 125Technology and the Battlefield 1281. The Dominance of the Machine Gun 1282. Gas Warfare 1303. Gas at the Front 1324. Tanks at Ypres 1335. Shell Shock 1366. Picture of Desolation 137The Naval War 1397. Battle at Sea 1408. Rusting at Anchor 1429. Jutland 14310. Adventures of the U-202 145The Aerial War 14811. Zeppelin 14812. Air Raids 15013. The Importance of the Airplane 15214. A Superior Pilot 15415. In the Clouds above Baghdad 156V Mobilizing the Home Front 159The State 1631. The War and British Liberties 1642. The State as the Supreme God 1653. Germany’s Government at War 1664. Censorship 1685. War, Prostitution, and Venereal Disease in Germany 1726. The Russian State 1757. Russian Education 176The Economy 1788. Economic Exhaustion in Southeastern Europe 1799. Germany’s Food Supply 18210. A Bremen Family’s Suffering 18511. No Meat in Berlin 18612. Workers’ Diets 18813. Practicing Strict Economy 192Women 19414. Women at Work 19515. A New Role for Women? 19616. Women at Munition Making 20417. Women’s National Service in Germany 20518. Keep Your Eyes Open 20619. We will Need the Woman as Spouse and Mother 20820. Something Disturbing about Female Labour 20921. A Woman in the Service of the Tsar 20922. Bitter Wounds 215VI Whose Nation? 217Duty, Sacrifice and Morality 2221. The New Patriotism 2232. War Profits 2243. You are More Prone to Hatred 2274. A Scandalous Trial 228Religion 2305. The Sacred Union in France 2326. A British Clergyman at the Front 2337. The Religion of the Inarticulate 2358. Spiritual Consciousness 2379. A German Rabbi in the Field 23910. Russian Jews Demand End to Discrimination 240Race and Ethnicity 24311. Ethnic Minorities in the Austro-Hungarian Empire 24412. The Fate of Turkey’s Armenians 24913. War and the “Colour Bar” 25214. German Subversion in London 258War of Ideas 26215. Britain’s Destiny and Duty 26316. Manifesto of German University Professors 26517. Alleged German Outrages 26618. Explaining German Atrocities 27119. Propaganda 273VII Dissent, Mutiny and Revolution 277The Cost of Conscience 2841. Is War Incompatible with Right? 2852. Britain’s Parliament Debates Conscientious Objection 2873. Pacifism—A Political Crime? 289Authority Challenged 2914. Working-Class Resistance in Britain 2935. Strikes in Britain 2966. The French Mutinies 2997. A Socialist Appeal to Workers 3018. A Warning from the SPD 3049. Mutiny and Revolution in the German Fleet 30710. The Case for India 31311. Rebellion in Ireland 314Revolution in Russia 31512. Lenin’s View of the War 31613. Stupidity or Treason? 31814. Upheaval in Petrograd and in the Army 32015. Revolution at the Front 321VIII Legacies 3271. War Cemeteries 3332. The Dead 3393. Canadian War Memorials 3404. Local War Museums 3415. Spiritualism 3446. The Sacred Work 3457. Training the Disabled 3488. The Lost Generation 3509. French Veterans’ Appeal 35210. An African Veteran Reflects 35311. Africa Petitions Britain’s King 354Source References 357Suggestions for Further Reading 365Index 377