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Belligérance libérale: La Grande-Bretagne face à la Grande Guerre

The First World War compelled the United Kingdom to adapt its military, economic, and political structures to meet the challenges of industrialized warfare. The transformation of its armed forces had a considerable impact on the dominant political culture. The war challenged established conceptions of citizenship and redefined the relationship between state and civil society. This article adopts a transnational and interdisciplinary approach to demonstrate that, in spite of the indisputable growth of the state apparatus, the war was not a zero-sum game for British civil society. This paper therefore revaluates the critical importance of the liberal pluralism that characterized the British political system in wartime