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Format: xiii, 309 Seiten : , Diagramme.

Content: "This book is a study of the combat motivation and morale of infantrymen in the Canadian Army during the Second World War. Using previously unexamined archival sources, including battle experience questionnaires, censorship reports, statistical analyses, and operational research, it offers a "big-picture" look at the human dimensions of warfare as experienced by Canadian soldiers in Italy and northwest Europe from 1943 to 1945. The work addresses many long-standing myths about the composition, behavior, and morale of the Canadians who fought in the Second World War, ie. "that the Canadian reinforcement stream produced poorly trained and unmotivated replacements, men who did not fit well into battle seasoned units and whose lack of basic skills, motivation and knowledge adversely affected the combat power of Canadian infantry units." Engen explains how this perception emerged and became entrenched in official and scholarly historiography, and he shows why it is largely untrue. After establishing some of thedemographic parameters of the Canadian Army in two background chapters, The author assesses the force structure, behavior in battle, morale, cohesion, and motivation of Canadian infantrymen in each of four periods during the war (Sicily and Italy,1943; Italy, 1944-45; Normandy, 1944; northwest Europe, 1944-45), comparing them to demonstrate continuities and change based upon shifting conditions, ground, and circumstances. As with his prior book, Engen connects his empirical research with wider literature in the field--this time using the concept of "swift trust" to explain the cohesion in the Canadian regiments, even as their personnel frequently changed. He proposes a new interpretation of Canadian combat motivation: due to high casualty rates, influxes of new reinforcements, and organizational turmoil, Canadian soldiers frequently fought as "strangers-in-arms" alongside unfamiliar faces.

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Myths and realities of the Canadian Army -- Building the Canadian infantry -- The Canadians in Sicily and Italy, 1943 -- The Canadians in Italy, 1944 1945 -- The Canadians in Normandy, 1944 -- The Canadians in Northwest Europe, 1944 1945 -- Conclusion : strangers in arms

Language: English

Keywords: Zweiter Weltkrieg ; Infanterie ; Soldat ; Motivation ; Moral

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: X, 245 S. , 23 cm

ISBN: 0773536264 , 9780773536265

Series Statement: Military studies

Note: History against fire -- The battle experience questionnaires -- The office respondents -- The combined-arms team -- Canadian infantry effectiveness -- Appendix A: sample questionnaires -- Appendix B: selected questionnaire statistics -- Appendix C: List of officer respondents.

Language: English

Keywords: Kanada ; Infanterie ; Taktik ; Zweiter Weltkrieg

URL: Autorenbiografie

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: x, 212 Seiten , Illustrationen , 24 cm

ISBN: 9780228003861 , 9780228003878

Series Statement: Human dimensions in foreign policy, military studies, and security studies 13

Uniform Title: Why we fight (2020)

Content: "For decades, the Canadian Armed Forces has used the work of foreign scholars and writers in its professional military education to try to understand the human dimension of warfare: why and how people are motivated to fight, and how they behave once they do fight. Yet the specific Canadian context, experience, and perspective are often lost in favour of appeals to universal truths. The first major Canadian study of combat motivation in almost forty years, Why We Fight redresses this imbalance by presenting some of the best new work on the subject. Bringing together top military practitioners and scholars to discuss some of the most controversial issues of modern warfare, Why We Fight examines the face of battle as experienced by Canadians. It explores sexual violence in war, professionalism, organizations, leadership, shared intent, motivation in extremis, and the toxicity of the "warrior" culture. Its chapters offer key insights on combat motivation theories, the modern operating environment, and the collective and individual identities of the men and women who fight for Canada. Many worry that technology is leading us towards a post-human age, particularly in war. Why We Fight affirms the centrality of the human being in warfare in Canada's past, present, and future."

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780228004479

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780228004486

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Why we fight Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020 ISBN 0228004470

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780228004479

Language: English

Keywords: Kanada ; Militär ; Kriegführung ; Motivation ; Kanada ; Militär ; Kriegführung ; Motivation ; Aufsatzsammlung

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: x, 255 Seiten , Illustrationen , 24 cm

ISBN: 0774837535 , 9780774837538

Content: Military education was the lifeblood of the armies, navies, and air forces of the British Empire and an essential ingredient for success in both war and peace. Military Education and the British Empire is the first major scholarly work to address the role of military education in maintaining the empire throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Bringing together the world's top scholars on the subject, this book places distinct national narratives - Canadian, Australian, South African, British, and Indian - within a comparative context. Ultimately, this book allows readers to consider the connections between education and empire from a transnational perspective

Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-241) and index

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780774837552

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780774837569

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780774837576

Language: English

Keywords: Großbritannien ; Kolonie ; Commonwealth ; Militärausbildung ; Geschichte 1815-1949 ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Sammlung von Beiträgen ; Historische Darstellung ; Aufsatzsammlung

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Format: viii, 337 Seiten : , Illustrationen ; , 27 cm.

ISBN: 978-0-2280-1057-9 , 978-0-2280-1475-1

Content: "By the summer of 1917, Canadian troops had captured Vimy Ridge, but Allied offensives had stalled across many fronts of the Great War. To help break the stalemate of trench warfare, the Canadian Corps commander, Lieutenant-General Arthur Currie, was tasked with capturing Hill 70, a German stronghold near the French town of Lens. After securing the hill on 15 August, Canadian soldiers endured days of shelling, machine-gun fire, and poison gas as they repelled relentless enemy counterattacks. Through Their Eyes depicts this remarkable but costly victory in a unique way. With full-colour graphic artwork and detailed illustration, Matthew Barrett and Robert Engen picture the battle from different perspectives -Currie's strategic view at high command, a junior officer's experience at the platoon level, and the vantage points of many lesser-known Canadian soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice. This innovative graphic history invites readers to reimagine the First World War through the eyes of those who lived it and to think more deeply about how we visualize and remember the past. Combining outstanding original art and thought-provoking commentary, Through Their Eyes uncovers the fascinating stories behind this battle while creatively expanding the ways that history is shared and represented."--

Note: Introduction -- De-picturing the Great War

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Barrett, Matthew (Matthew K.) Through their eyes Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022 ISBN 978-0-2280-1248-1

Language: English

Keywords: Comic ; War stories ; Graphic novels ; Comics (Graphic works) ; Historical comics ; Nonfiction comics ; War comics

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Format: x, 245 p.

Edition: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

URL: Click to View

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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 0-2280-0448-9 , 0-2280-0447-0

Series Statement: Human dimensions in foreign policy, military studies, and security studies ; 13

Uniform Title: Why we fight (2020)

Content: "For decades, the Canadian Armed Forces has used the work of foreign scholars and writers in its professional military education to try to understand the human dimension of warfare: why and how people are motivated to fight, and how they behave once they do fight. Yet the specific Canadian context, experience, and perspective are often lost in favour of appeals to universal truths. The first major Canadian study of combat motivation in almost forty years, Why We Fight redresses this imbalance by presenting some of the best new work on the subject. Bringing together top military practitioners and scholars to discuss some of the most controversial issues of modern warfare, Why We Fight examines the face of battle as experienced by Canadians. It explores sexual violence in war, professionalism, organizations, leadership, shared intent, motivation in extremis, and the toxicity of the "warrior" culture. Its chapters offer key insights on combat motivation theories, the modern operating environment, and the collective and individual identities of the men and women who fight for Canada. Many worry that technology is leading us towards a post-human age, particularly in war. Why We Fight affirms the centrality of the human being in warfare in Canada's past, present, and future."--

Note: Includes index. , Front Matter -- , Contents -- , Figures and Tables -- , Introduction: The Human Dimensions of War -- , Traditional Paradigms of Combat Motivation in the Canadian Military: Teaching Combat Motivation, 1985–2010 -- , The Marshall Paradigm: American and Canadian Perspectives -- , Different Language, Common Intent: Mutual Understanding between Poles and Canadians, 1944 -- , Sexual Violence as Motivation -- , Strangers in Arms: Swift Trust and Combat Motivation -- , Combat Motivation in the Contemporary Canadian Army -- , “Do You Even Pro, Bro?”: Persistent Testing of Warrior Identity and the Failure of Cohesion -- , Beliefs: What Motivates Insurgents -- , Women in Dark Networks: A Case Study on Daesh-Supportive Tumblr Blogs -- , “We're going to Afghanistan so that we get a decent deal on softwood lumber”: The CIDP Combat Motivation Workshop Concluding Roundtable -- , Contributors -- , Index

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-2280-0387-3

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-2280-0386-5

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780228004479

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Format: 1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 0-7735-9909-6 , 0-7735-9908-8

Content: "This book is a study of the combat motivation and morale of infantrymen in the Canadian Army during the Second World War. Using previously unexamined archival sources, including battle experience questionnaires, censorship reports, statistical analyses, and operational research, it offers a "big-picture" look at the human dimensions of warfare as experienced by Canadian soldiers in Italy and northwest Europe from 1943 to 1945. The work addresses many long-standing myths about the composition, behavior, and morale of the Canadians who fought in the Second World War, ie. "that the Canadian reinforcement stream produced poorly trained and unmotivated replacements, men who did not fit well into battle seasoned units and whose lack of basic skills, motivation and knowledge adversely affected the combat power of Canadian infantry units." Engen explains how this perception emerged and became entrenched in official and scholarly historiography, and he shows why it is largely untrue. After establishing some of thedemographic parameters of the Canadian Army in two background chapters, The author assesses the force structure, behavior in battle, morale, cohesion, and motivation of Canadian infantrymen in each of four periods during the war (Sicily and Italy,1943; Italy, 1944-45; Normandy, 1944; northwest Europe, 1944-45), comparing them to demonstrate continuities and change based upon shifting conditions, ground, and circumstances. As with his prior book, Engen connects his empirical research with wider literature in the field--this time using the concept of "swift trust" to explain the cohesion in the Canadian regiments, even as their personnel frequently changed. He proposes a new interpretation of Canadian combat motivation: due to high casualty rates, influxes of new reinforcements, and organizational turmoil, Canadian soldiers frequently fought as "strangers-in-arms" alongside unfamiliar faces. In spite of this, they maintained remarkably high levels of cohesion, morale, and effectiveness throughout the fighting. Engen argues that these successes can be attributed to the phenomenon of swift trust cohesion, the preservation of core leadership despite heavy casualties, and effective training."--

Note: Myths and realities of the Canadian Army -- Building the Canadian infantry -- The Canadians in Sicily and Italy, 1943 -- The Canadians in Italy, 1944 1945 -- The Canadians in Normandy, 1944 -- The Canadians in Northwest Europe, 1944 1945 -- Conclusion : strangers in arms.

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-7735-4725-8

Language: English

Keywords: Libros electronicos.

DOI: 10.1515/9780773599086