Disenchantment by C.E. Montague | University of Oxford

First major indictment of the British war effort to be published. Montague, senior journalist with the Guardian Newspaper, was initially opposed to war with Germany but thought it his duty to join up once hostilities had been declared. Served in the ranks of an infantry battalion before accepting a commission in Military Intelligence as an official press censor, writer of propaganda, and escort to dignitaries visiting the front.

Chapters:
The vision
Misgiving
At Agincourt and Ypres
Tedium
The sheep that were not fed
‘Ware politicians
“Can’t believe a word.”
The duty of lying
Autumn comes
Autumn tints in chivalry
Stars in their courses
Belated boons
The old age of the war
Our modern Satanists
Any cure?
Fair warning

London: Chatto & Windus, 1922.

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