Deborah Cohen is Assistant Professor of History at Brown University.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Reconciliation and Stability PART I: CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE GREAT WAR'S AFTERMATH 1. A Voluntary Peace: British Veterans, Philanthropy, and the State A Land Fit for Heroes The Voluntarists Take Charge Service, Not Self 2. The Nation Accused: German Veterans and the State Regulation of Charity The Thanks of the Fatherland Benevolence Regulated Veterans versus the Public PART II: THE WAR'S RETURNS 3. Life as a Memorial: Ex-Servicemen at the Margins of British Society Seeking Work The Objects of Charity Shattered Soldier Laughs at Fate 4. Life Reconstructed: The Reintegration of German Veterans The Iron Will to Work The Subjects of Welfare For Wounded and Unconquered Soldiers Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

“A valuable study that vividly presents the social and political ramifications of modern warfare. It is highly recommended to social historians of interwar Europe.”

Deborah Cohen is Assistant Professor of History at Brown University.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Reconciliation and Stability PART I: CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE GREAT WAR'S AFTERMATH 1. A Voluntary Peace: British Veterans, Philanthropy, and the State A Land Fit for Heroes The Voluntarists Take Charge Service, Not Self 2. The Nation Accused: German Veterans and the State Regulation of Charity The Thanks of the Fatherland Benevolence Regulated Veterans versus the Public PART II: THE WAR'S RETURNS 3. Life as a Memorial: Ex-Servicemen at the Margins of British Society Seeking Work The Objects of Charity Shattered Soldier Laughs at Fate 4. Life Reconstructed: The Reintegration of German Veterans The Iron Will to Work The Subjects of Welfare For Wounded and Unconquered Soldiers Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

“A valuable study that vividly presents the social and political ramifications of modern warfare. It is highly recommended to social historians of interwar Europe.”

Deborah Cohen is Assistant Professor of History at Brown University.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Reconciliation and Stability PART I: CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE GREAT WAR'S AFTERMATH 1. A Voluntary Peace: British Veterans, Philanthropy, and the State A Land Fit for Heroes The Voluntarists Take Charge Service, Not Self 2. The Nation Accused: German Veterans and the State Regulation of Charity The Thanks of the Fatherland Benevolence Regulated Veterans versus the Public PART II: THE WAR'S RETURNS 3. Life as a Memorial: Ex-Servicemen at the Margins of British Society Seeking Work The Objects of Charity Shattered Soldier Laughs at Fate 4. Life Reconstructed: The Reintegration of German Veterans The Iron Will to Work The Subjects of Welfare For Wounded and Unconquered Soldiers Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

“A valuable study that vividly presents the social and political ramifications of modern warfare. It is highly recommended to social historians of interwar Europe.”