Ian Beckett
- Published in print:
- 1991
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198222996
- eISBN:
- 9780191678561
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198222996.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, Military History
This chapter examines the publishing and financial aspects of writing memoirs related to World War I. It highlights the conflicts and controversies surrounding the memoirs written by soldiers and ...
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This chapter examines the publishing and financial aspects of writing memoirs related to World War I. It highlights the conflicts and controversies surrounding the memoirs written by soldiers and statesmen. These include the autobiographies of statesmen Horatio Herbert Kitchener and Lloyd George, and Western Front Commanders John French, Horace Smith-Dorien, and Hubert Gough. This chapter suggests that the controversies may have resulted from the fact that autobiography is a historical genre that is most susceptible to conscious manipulation by the author.Less
This chapter examines the publishing and financial aspects of writing memoirs related to World War I. It highlights the conflicts and controversies surrounding the memoirs written by soldiers and statesmen. These include the autobiographies of statesmen Horatio Herbert Kitchener and Lloyd George, and Western Front Commanders John French, Horace Smith-Dorien, and Hubert Gough. This chapter suggests that the controversies may have resulted from the fact that autobiography is a historical genre that is most susceptible to conscious manipulation by the author.
