Scotland And The First World War Myth Memory And The Legacy Of Bannockburn Gill Plain Peter Mackay Fran Brearton Michael Brown Caroline Mccrackenflesher Robert Crawford Stefan Goebel David Goldie Margaret R Higonnet Catriona M M Macdonald by Gill Plain; Peter Mackay; Fran Brearton; Michael Brown; Caroline Mccracken-flesher; Robert Crawford; Stefan Goebel; David Goldie; Margaret R. Higonnet; Catriona M. M. Macdonald 9781611487770, 1611487773 instant download after payment.

What did war look like in the cultural imagination of 1914? Why did men in Scotland sign up to fight in unprecedented numbers? What were the martial myths shaping Scottish identity from the aftermath of Bannockburn to the close of the nineteenth century, and what did the Scottish soldiers of the First World War think they were fighting for? Scotland and the First World War: Myth, Memory and the Legacy of Bannockburn is a collection of new interdisciplinary essays interrogating the trans-historical myths of nation, belonging and martial identity that shaped Scotland's encounter with the First World War. In a series of thematically linked essays, experts from the fields of literature, history and cultural studies examine how Scotland remembers war, and how remembering war has shaped Scotland.