Catriona Pennell graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 2008 with a PhD in modern British and Irish history. During her research, she was awarded two major scholarships: the R.B. McDowell-Ussher Fellowship from Trinity College, Dublin (2003-2006), and the R.H.S. Centenary Fellowship from the Institute of Historical Research (2006-2007).

• Introduction ; 1. Outbreak of War, July to August ; 2. The National Cause ; 3. The Enemy ; 4. Encountering Violence: Imagined and Real ; 5. A Volunteer War ; 6. John Bull's Other Island ; 7. Settling into War ; Conclusion ; Bibliography

Drawing on a prodigious range of national, local, communal and private sources, and casting her net widely throughout the whole United Kingdom, Catriona Pennell has provided a marvellously satisfying study of British (and Irish) popular responses to the outbreak of the war.

Catriona Pennell graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 2008 with a PhD in modern British and Irish history. During her research, she was awarded two major scholarships: the R.B. McDowell-Ussher Fellowship from Trinity College, Dublin (2003-2006), and the R.H.S. Centenary Fellowship from the Institute of Historical Research (2006-2007).

• Introduction ; 1. Outbreak of War, July to August ; 2. The National Cause ; 3. The Enemy ; 4. Encountering Violence: Imagined and Real ; 5. A Volunteer War ; 6. John Bull's Other Island ; 7. Settling into War ; Conclusion ; Bibliography

Drawing on a prodigious range of national, local, communal and private sources, and casting her net widely throughout the whole United Kingdom, Catriona Pennell has provided a marvellously satisfying study of British (and Irish) popular responses to the outbreak of the war.

Catriona Pennell graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 2008 with a PhD in modern British and Irish history. During her research, she was awarded two major scholarships: the R.B. McDowell-Ussher Fellowship from Trinity College, Dublin (2003-2006), and the R.H.S. Centenary Fellowship from the Institute of Historical Research (2006-2007).

• Introduction ; 1. Outbreak of War, July to August ; 2. The National Cause ; 3. The Enemy ; 4. Encountering Violence: Imagined and Real ; 5. A Volunteer War ; 6. John Bull's Other Island ; 7. Settling into War ; Conclusion ; Bibliography

Drawing on a prodigious range of national, local, communal and private sources, and casting her net widely throughout the whole United Kingdom, Catriona Pennell has provided a marvellously satisfying study of British (and Irish) popular responses to the outbreak of the war.