Contact Zones of the First World War

'Anyone wondering how soldiers experienced the First World War beyond the battlefield will rejoice in this rich and beautifully narrated account of the cultures of colonial encounter at the heart of the conflagration. Maguire has given us not just a history of how the war was lived but how it was felt as well.' Antoinette Burton, University of Illinois 'In her lucid and evocative book, Anna Maguire takes us on a journey through the intimate 'contact zones' of the British Empire during the First World War. Maguire's insightful analysis of the diverse encounters between men and women beyond the battlefield reveals how violence, inequalities and war displacement left their mark on people's everyday lives, bodies and emotions.' Alison Fell, University of Leeds 'Anna Maguire has written a powerful and moving history of the ways that the First World War created new encounters between men mobilised from different parts of the British Empire. Based on meticulous research, this fascinating book reveals how the conflict both consolidated and challenged cultures of racism and of imperialism at the intimate level of human contact.' Heather Jones, University College London 'Contact Zones of the First World War is well written and highly readable. Maguire has done an excellent job in her selection of excerpts from autobiographical sources.' Elizabeth Stice, H-Net