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Rum, sodomy, prayers, and the lash revisited : Winston Churchill and social reform in the Royal Navy, 1900-1915 /

"'Naval tradition? Naval tradition? Monstrous. Nothing but rum, sodomy, prayers and the lash.' This quotation, from Winston Churchill, is frequently dismissed as apocryphal or a jest, but, interestingly, all four of the areas of naval life singled out in it were ones that were subject...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Seligmann, Matthew S., 1967- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; 1: Pay, Promotion, and Democratization; 2: Rum; 3: Sodomy; 4: Prayers; 5: The Lash.