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Between Mutiny and Obedience : The Case of the French Fifth Infantry Division during World War I /

Literary and historical conventions have long painted the experience of soldiers during World War I as simple victimization. Leonard Smith, however, argues that a complex dialogue of resistance and negotiation existed between French soldiers and their own commanders. In this case study of wartime mi...

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Autor principal: Smith, Leonard V., 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1994]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Literary and historical conventions have long painted the experience of soldiers during World War I as simple victimization. Leonard Smith, however, argues that a complex dialogue of resistance and negotiation existed between French soldiers and their own commanders. In this case study of wartime military culture, Smith analyzes the experience of the French Fifth Infantry Division in both pitched battle and trench warfare. The division established a distinguished fighting record from 1914 to 1916, yet proved in 1917 the most mutinous division in the entire French army, only to regain its el.
Notas:Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--Columbia University).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (296 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781400863792