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PUBLISHER: NMS Enterprises Ltd - Publishing

FORMAT: Published

ISBN: 9781905267910

RRP: £14.99

PAGES: 160

PUBLICATION DATE:
July 15, 2014

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Common Cause: Commonwealth Scots and the Great War

Stuart Allan

David Forsyth

In 1914, as the world prepared for war, thousands of men enlisted in Scotland. But thousands more Scots and those of Scottish descent joined up across the world. The human cost of fighting became a foundation of national consciousness – for Canada at Vimy Ridge, for Australia and New Zealand at Gallipoli, for South Africa at Delville Wood.

Common Cause explores the relationship between Scottish military traditions and the emerging national identities of the British Commonwealth.

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