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Contents
List of Tables vi
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction: The Forgotten Hero 1
1 ‘I’ve broken my arm, Dick, but never mind me now’: The
Hero in Victorian Popular Mythology 5
2 The Institutionalization of Heroism in Britain 26
3 Teething Problems, 1856–1867 43
4 Big Implications from Small Wars: The Imperial Vision of
Heroism, 1860–1911 74
5 Fifty Years On: A Half-Century of Heroism 94
6 1914: The Last Stand of the Thin Red Line 110
7 The Middle Parts of Fortune: Heroism in Evolution,
1915–1916 132
8 ‘Courage isn’t what it used to be’: Heroism Emerges from
the Great War, 1917–1918 152
9 The Hero Comes Home from the War: The
Institutionalization of Modern Heroism 165
10 Conclusion: The New Hero in Action, 1940–2006 185
Appendix: The Victoria Cross Warrants 207
Notes 230
Bibliography 263
Index 276
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