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Motivation in war : the experience of common soldiers in old-regime Europe
- Title
- Motivation in war : the experience of common soldiers in old-regime Europe / Ilya Berkovich, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
- Author
- Berkovich, Ilya
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- ©2017
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 17-5773 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 280 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "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."--Provided by publisher.
- Alternative Title
- Experience of common soldiers in old-regime Europe
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Motivation: new research & contemporary sources -- Reconsidering desertion in old-regime europe -- Discipline and defiance: a reciprocal model -- Why they enlisted? -- A counter-culture of honour -- Networks of loyalty and acceptance -- Concluding remarks.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-5773
- ISBN
- 9781107167735
- 1107167736
- 9781316618103
- 1316618102
- LCCN
- 2016046822
- OCLC
- YBP 2016046822
- Author
- Berkovich, Ilya, author.
- Title
- Motivation in war : the experience of common soldiers in old-regime Europe / Ilya Berkovich, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1700-1799
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-5773