Citizen Soldiers : The Liverpool Territorials in the First World War

Name: Citizen Soldiers
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521848008
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ISBN: 9780521848008

by Helen B. McCartney

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Format Hardback

Book Series Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare

ISBN-10 0521848008

ISBN-13 9780521848008

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 3rd, 2005

Print length 294 Pages

Weight 600 grams

Dimensions 22.90 x 15.20 x 1.70 cms

Product Classification: c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period)British & Irish history 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 First World War Military institutions Military life & institutions History European history First World War

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Citizen Soldiers uses letters and official sources to investigate the experience of the British soldier in the First World War. It casts light on the soldier's relationship with home, his attitudes towards war, command and discipline within the army and the importance of local identity to military morale.

The popular image of the British soldier in the First World War is of a passive victim, caught up in events beyond his control, and isolated from civilian society. This book offers a different vision of the soldier's experience of war. Using letters and official sources relating to Liverpool units, Helen McCartney shows how ordinary men were able to retain their civilian outlook and use it to influence their experience in the trenches. These citizen soldiers came to rely on local, civilian loyalties and strong links with home to bolster their morale, whilst their civilian backgrounds helped them challenge those in command if they felt they were being treated unfairly. The book examines the soldier not only in his military context but in terms of his social and cultural life. It will appeal to anyone wishing to understand how the British soldier thought and behaved during the First World War.

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