This is the Second Edition of this work. The First Edition was published in 2002.
It is part of the "Social History in Perspective" Series, General Editor Jeremy Black.
The book examines the war's impact on ideologies of race, gender, class and imperialism, the government's efforts to manage news and to promote patriotism, the role of the arts and sciences, and the commemoration of the war over the last century.
It reclaims a number of neglected or forgotten popular cultural sources such as films, cartoons, juvenile literature and best selling novels.