n this episode of the Western Front Association’s Mentioned in Dispatches Podcast, historian and author Jake Gasson discusses his article, “At Best Indifferent, and on the Whole Outright Bad”? A Reassessment of Morale in the British Salonika Force, 1915–1918. Jake examines morale among British troops serving on the Salonika Front during the First World War and reassesses the traditional view that morale within the British Salonika Force was consistently poor. The discussion considers the conditions faced by soldiers, the distinctive character of the campaign and the factors that influenced their motivation, discipline and resilience. Jake also explains what first drew him to the British Salonika Force and why its experience deserves greater attention within the wider history of the First World War.