Sounds of War

Emma Hanna is a Lecturer in the School of History at the University of Kent,Canterbury. She is the author of The Great War on the Small Screen: Representing the First World War in Contemporary Britain (2009).

• Introduction; 1. Music in Britain, 1914; 2. Recruitment and fundraising; 3. Instruments of war; 4. Songs, identity and morale; 5. Captivity; 6. Religion and pastoral Care; 7. Medicine and therapy; 8. The gramophone; 9. Civilian concert parties; 10. Servicemen's concert parties; 11. After the Armistice; Conclusion.

'This triumphant blend of cultural and military history hits all the right notes. Emma Hanna provides a highly original exploration of an often neglected but hugely important aspect of the Great War experience: music. A brilliant book which makes a highly distinctive contribution to scholarship on the First World War. Brava!' Jonathan Boff, author of Haig's Enemy: Crown Prince Rupprecht and Germany's War on the Western Front