Deluge

ARTHUR MARWICK is Emeritus Professor of History at The Open University, UK. His many publications include War and Social Change in the Twentieth Century (1974), British Society Since 1945 (expanded edition 1990) and The New Nature of History (2001, also published by Palgrave Macmillan).

• List of IllustrationsPreface to Reissued Second Edition;  J.BourkePreface to Second EditionIntroduction: War and Social Change in Twentieth Century BritainPrefaceEarly Days: August 1914-March 1915Changed Men: 1915-1916New Women: 1915-1916Gentlemen in England Now Abed: 1915-1916The Challenge to Laissez-faireSeasons of Discontent: 1917-1918Science and CollectivismThe End of the WarAfter the DelugeBibliographyIndex.

Praise for the book when it first appeared in 1965: 'Mr Marwick has ingeniously discovered a new approach: away from strategy and battles to the home front. He draws efficiently on the abundant sources, from memoirs to official papers, and brings them together in a clear narrative.' - A.J.P. Taylor, Observer 'He writes well, without over-writing; the result is a piece of social history, well conceived and well executed, which deserves the rank as a permanent addition to the historical literature of the First World War.' - Max Beloff, The Listener