Format:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 288 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781139195607
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9780521881012
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9780521123082
Series Statement:
Cambridge Military Histories
Content:
A comparative history of how German and British soldiers endured the horror of the First World War, first published in 2008
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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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
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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
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Glossary of German termsBibliography; MANUSCRIPT AND ARCHIVAL SOURCES; PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES; PRINTED SECONDARY WORKS; UNPUBLISHED THESES; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781139864923
Additional Edition:
Print version Enduring the Great War : Combat, Morale and Collapse in the German and British Armies, 1914–1918
Language:
English
Keywords:
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Author information:
Watson, Alexander 1979-
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