Public Schools and The Great War: The Generation Lost

"A sweeping riveting history that manages to capture the essence of the conflict, as well as the contributions of particular schools and individuals." —HMC Insight Magazine

In this pioneering and original book, Anthony Seldon and David Walsh study the impact that the public schools had on the conduct of the Great War, and vice versa. Drawing on fresh evidence from 200 leading public schools and other archives, they challenge the conventional wisdom that it was the public school ethos that...