James D. Campbell

'The Army Isn't All Work'

Physical Culture and the Evolution of the British Army, 1860-1920

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Produktbeschreibung

This book documents the origins and development of formal physical training in the late Victorian Army and the ways in which the Army's gymnastic training evolved into a vital building block of the process of turning a civilian into a fighting man. It also assesses the nature and extent of British military sport, particularly regimental sports, during this period of evolution for the Army.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9781409436966
• ISBN-10: 1409436969
• Artikelnr.: 45115339

Autorenporträt

Brigadier James D. Campbell is a career US Army officer and is currently serving as the Adjutant General of Maine. He is a graduate of the US Army War College, has a Ph.D. in British History, and has been an adjunct professor of History at the University of Maine since 2000.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction; Part I Mens Sana in Corpore Sano: the Origins of
the Army Gymnastic Staff and Regimental Sport, 1860-1880: Officer sport:
aristocrats and schoolboys; The other ranks: health, morals and morale; The
army gymnastic staff and regimental sport. Part II 'Play Up and Play the
Game': Physical training and Army Sport, 1880-1908: 'A marvellous
improvement in the rank and file': physical training at the turn of the
century; 'No better pastime for soldiers': the expansion of army and
regimental sport; 'They have taken to our manly European games': military
athleticism and the empire. Part III 'Training for Sport is Training for
War': 1908-1914: Physical training and national preparedness; Maturity: the
institutionalization of army sport; The war game: mobilization and 'the
death of an army'. Part IV 'The Greater Game': Army Physical Culture in
Wartime: Civilians to soldiers: sport and fitness in Kitchener's new
armies; 'Make them tigers': the army physical and bayonet training staff;
'The greater game': wartime recreational training; Epilogue: 'raise the
tone': the formation of the Army Sport Control Board; Select bibliography;
Index.