| Leadership in the Trenches: Officer-Man Relations, Morale and Discipline in the British Army in the Era of the First World War 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Sheffield, G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312226403 ISBN-13: 9780312226404 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2000 Annotation: Why, despite the appalling conditions in the trenches of the Western Front, was the British army almost untouched by major mutiny during the First World War? Drawing upon an extensive range of sources, including much previously unpublished archival material, G.D. Sheffield seeks to answer this question by examining a crucial but previously neglected factor in the maintenance of the British army's morale in the First World War: the relationship between the regimental officer and the ordinary soldier. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War I - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 355 |
| LCCN: 99030645 |
| Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.7" W x 8.86" (1.20 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1920's - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Why, despite the appalling conditions in the trenches of the Western Front, was the British army almost untouched by major mutiny during the First World War? Drawing upon an extensive range of sources, including much previously unpublished archival material, G. D. Sheffield seeks to answer this question by examining a crucial but previously neglected factor in the maintenance of the British army's morale in the First World War: the relationship between the regimental officer and the ordinary soldier. |