Enduring the Great War : combat, morale and collapse in the German and British armies, 1914-1918

Enduring the Great War combat, morale and collapse in the German and British armies, 1914-1918

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This book is an innovative comparative history of how German and British soldiers endured the horror of the First World War. Unlike existing literature, which emphasises the strength of societies or military institutions, this study argues that at the heart of armies' robustness lay natural hum...

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Autor principal: Watson, Alexander, 1979- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press 2008.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Cambridge military histories.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39797120*spi
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  • Cover; Enduring the Great War; Title; Copyright; Contents; Plates; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 War of endurance; Deadlock; Loss of control; Resilience; 2 Why men fought: combat motivation in the trenches; Enlistment; Military and combat dynamics; Disillusionment?; 3 Self-deception and survival: mental coping strategies; Adaptation; Optimism, religion and superstition; Positive illusions; 4 Junior leadership: command, cohesion and combat motivation; Function and influence; Privilege and paternalism; Deficiencies and disadvantages; Performance.
  • 5 Morale and military enduranceMorale in the British Expeditionary Force, 1914-17; Morale in the German Field Army in the west, 1914-17; The Kaiserschlacht, March-July 1918; 6 The German collapse in 1918: strike, mutiny or an ordered surrender?; Morale and the Materialschlacht
  • 1918; Indiscipline?; Surrender at the front: an 'ordered surrender'?; Conclusion; Appendix 1 Walter Ludwig's study of Wurttemberg soldiers' coping strategies; Appendix 2 Psychiatric casualties in the German and British armies; Appendix 3 Military ranks and status in the German and British armies.
  • Glossary of German termsBibliography; MANUSCRIPT AND ARCHIVAL SOURCES; PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES; PRINTED SECONDARY WORKS; UNPUBLISHED THESES; Index.

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