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Heroes & cowards : the social face of war /
Heroes and Cowards demonstrates the role that social capital plays in people's decisions. The makeup of various companies--whether soldiers were of the same ethnicity, age, and occupation--influenced whether soldiers remained loyal or whether they deserted. Costa and Kahn discuss how the soldie...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2008.
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| Colección: | NBER series on long-term factors in economic development.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Heroes and Cowards demonstrates the role that social capital plays in people's decisions. The makeup of various companies--whether soldiers were of the same ethnicity, age, and occupation--influenced whether soldiers remained loyal or whether they deserted. Costa and Kahn discuss how the soldiers benefited from friendships, what social factors allowed some to survive the POW camps while others died, and how punishments meted out for breaking codes of conduct affected men after the war. The book also examines the experience of African-American soldiers and makes important observations about how their comrades shaped their lives. --from publisher description. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 315 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-290) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400829750 1400829755 1282764209 9781282764200 9780691137049 0691137048 |