1. Britain in 1914
Britain in 1914 was a country divided; there were serious challenges to the government by the Suffragettes and by the Trade Unions; and in the summer of 1914, Ireland was on the brink of civil war. There were also strong divisions between the rich and poor; the Liberal government carried out social reforms between 1906 and 1914 but these were not enough to deal with the extreme poverty and the inequality that existed...