Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Buch (Hardcover): Sachbuch
Enduring the Great War
Combat, Morale and Collapse in the German and British Armies, 1914–1918
Verlag:
Cambridge University Press Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: X55P76D
EAN: 9780521881012
Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Mi, 30.09.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 173.–
Beschreibung
This book is an innovative comparative history of how German and British soldiers endured the horror of the First World War. Unlike existing literature, which emphasises the strength of societies or military institutions, this study argues that at the heart of armies' robustness lay natural human resilience. Drawing widely on contemporary letters and diaries of British and German soldiers, psychiatric reports and official documentation, and interpreting these sources with modern psychological research, this unique account provides fresh insights into the soldiers' fears, motivations and coping mechanisms. It explains why the British outlasted their opponents by examining and comparing the motives for fighting, the effectiveness with which armies and societies supported men and the combatants' morale throughout the conflict on both sides. Finally it challenges the consensus on the war's end, arguing that not a 'covert strike' but rather an 'ordered surrender' led by junior officers brought about Germany's defeat in 1918.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Alexander Watson
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2012
Format
- Buch (Hardcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 306