Download or read book The Great War, Memory and Ritual written by Mark Connelly and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2015 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title seeks to question the modern idea that the Great War was regarded as a futile waste of life by British society in the disillusioned twenties and thirties. It concentrates on the planning of, fund-raising for, and erection of war memorials.