J G Fuller

Troop Morale and Popular Culture in the British and Dominion Armies 1914-1918

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The soldiers on the front line in the First World War endured appalling conditions in the trenches and suffered unprecedented casualties in battle. Drawing on a variety of contemporary sources, including over a hundred magazines produced by soldiers themselves, this is the first scholarly analysis of the trench journalism which played an important role in the lives of the ordinary soldiers. Other themes that are explored include the nature of patriotism, discipline, living conditions, and leisure activities such as sport, concert parties, and the music hall. Fuller's vivid and detailed study throws new light on the question of what sustained men through the ordeal of trench warfare, and in particular how the British and Dominion armies differed from those of their allies and opponents, which were wracked by mutiny or defeat as the war went on.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780198201786
• ISBN-10: 0198201788
• Artikelnr.: 22280443

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Trench journalism
Morale
Patriotism and the place of the army in British society
Organization of the British and Dominion forces
Discipline and relationships between the ranks
Life in the line
Behind the lines
Leisure
Continuity in the soldiers' lives
Homogeneity of the British and Dominion forces
conclusion
Appendix A. Troop journals
Appendix B. Concert parties and cinemas
Bibliography
Index