Citizen Soldiers - The Liverpool Territorials in the First World War

Klappentext A compelling assessment of the experience of the British soldier in the First World War. Zusammenfassung Citizen Soldiers uses letters and official sources to investigate the experience of the British soldier in the First World War. It casts light on the soldier's relationship with home! his attitudes towards war! command and discipline within the army and the importance of local identity to military morale. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Pre-war Liverpool and the Territorial Force; Part I. Territorial Characteristics and the Morale of the Soldier: 3. 'Cuff and Collar Battalions:' social change and its impact on the unit; 4. 'Common ties at home and strong county pride': the persistence and importance of county uniformity; 5. The links with home: communication between the home front and the fighting front; Part II. Command, Discipline and the Citizen Soldier: 6. Command and consent in the trenches; 7. Discipline, punishment and the territorial ethos; Part III. Attitudes and Experience: The War and its Aftermath: 8. The experience of active service on the Western Front; 9. The aftermath of war.

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• Authors: Helen B McCartney, Helen B. McCartney, Helen B. (King''s College London) Mccartney, McCartney Helen B.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.2011
• EAN: 9780521187770
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18777-0
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; European History, First World War, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, British & Irish history, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Military institutions, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I