August 1914. Flags waved, people cheered and armies mobilised. Millions of citizens throughout Britain responded to the call-to-arms. War fever was contagious.

The story of the teachers who came by the thousands, from near and far, to join the British war effort. August 1914: Flags waved, people cheered, and armies mob

This book is subtitled A Short Account of Duty and Work Accomplished During the War and the first few chapters cover this aspect of the NUT war effort including

'Without question one of the classics of post-war historical scholarship, Stone's boldly conceived and brilliantly executed book opened the eyes of a generation

This is an important new study examining the military operations of the British Expeditionary Force in 1914–18 through the lens of its communications system.