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9781316618103
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
1316618102
ISBN-13
9781316618103
eBay Product ID (ePID)
228632607

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
292 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Motivation in War : the Experience of Common Soldiers in Old-Regime Europe
Subject
Military / General, Europe / General, Military
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Ilya Berkovich
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

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0.6 in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
'Sharply focused and crisply written, [this book] provides a thought-provoking account of many aspects of Europe's ancien rgime. … one of the most important studies of the eighteenth century published in recent years, with implications which range far beyond armies and military history.' Hamish Scott, Journal of Social History
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
355.12309409033
Table Of Content
Introduction; 1. Motivation: new research and contemporary sources; 2. Reconsidering desertion in old-regime Europe; 3. Discipline and defiance: a reciprocal model; 4. Why they enlisted?; 5. A counterculture of honour; 6. Networks of loyalty and acceptance; Concluding remarks; Bibliography.
Synopsis
This book fundamentally revises our understanding of why soldiers of the eighteenth century served and fought. It reveals how these men embraced a unique corporate identity based on military professionalism, masculinity and hostility toward civilians, fostering notions of individual and collective soldierly honour and contributing to greater combat cohesion., This book fundamentally revises our notion of why soldiers of the eighteenth century enlisted, served and fought. In contrast to traditional views of the brutal conditions supposedly prevailing in old-regime armies, Ilya Berkovich reveals that soldiers did not regard military discipline as illegitimate or unnecessarily cruel, nor did they perceive themselves as submissive military automatons. Instead he shows how these men embraced a unique corporate identity based on military professionalism, forceful masculinity and hostility toward civilians. These values fostered the notion of individual and collective soldierly honour which helped to create the bonding effect which contributed toward greater combat cohesion. Utilising research on military psychology and combat theory, and employing the letters, diaries and memoirs of around 250 private soldiers and non-commissioned officers from over a dozen different European armies, Motivation in War transforms our understanding of life of the common soldier in early modern Europe.
LC Classification Number
U22.3.B47 2016

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