Sport and the military the British armed forces 1880-1960
"On battleships, behind the trenches of the Western Front and in the midst of the Desert War, British servicemen and women have played sport in the least promising circumstances. When 400 soldiers were asked in Burma in 1946 what they liked about the Army, 108 put sport in first place - well ah...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2010.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39737585*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The growth of service sport, 1880-1914
- Officer sports and their critics, 1880-1914
- Sport in the Great War
- The amateur era, 1919-39
- Soldiers, sailors and civilians
- A different kind of war
- The national service years: the summit of military sport?
