Buch, Englisch, Band 54, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 590 g
Reihe: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
Buch, Englisch, Band 54, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 590 g
Reihe: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
ISBN: 978-1-108-41905-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
In contrast to the voluminous literature on trench warfare, few scholarly works have been written on how the First World War was experienced at sea. The conditions of war challenged the Royal Navy's position within British national identity and its own service ethos. This challenge took the form of a dialogue, fuelled by fear of civil unrest, between the discourses of paternalism from above and democratism from below. Laura Rowe explores issues of morale and discipline, using the contemporary language of discipline to shed light on key questions of how the service was able to absorb indiscipline with marked success through a subtle web of loyalties, history, ethos, traditions and customs, which were rooted in older notions of service but moulded by the new conditions of total war. In so doing, she provides not only a new methodological framework for understanding morale, but also military discipline and leadership.
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Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Ethos on the eve of war: the foundations of paternalism and democratism; 2. The structure of discipline and the spectre of indiscipline; 3. 'Addressing' pay and conditions; 4. Lower-deck societies, trade unions, and representation; 5. Counting unrest; Conclusion; Bibliography.
