Abstract:Interviewed many decades after the end of the First World War, Mary Morton recalled vividly how her mother's family had made no secret of their contempt for her father's conduct during the conflict: he was-they thought-a 'bounder'. Tellingly, they condemned not his continued civilian status, but the fact that he had volunteered, despite his responsibilities as husband and father. Historians have long recognised the powerful pull of military masculinities during the First World War, as well as the denigration o… Show more
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