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Morale and discipline in the Royal Navy during the First World War

Rowe, Laura, 1980- author

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\"In contrast to the voluminous literature on trench warfare, few scholarly works have been written on how the First World War was experienced at sea. The conditions of war challenged the Royal Navy's position within British national identity and its own service ethos. This challenge took the form of a dialogue, fuelled by fear of civil unrest, between the discourses of paternalism from above and democratism from below. Laura Rowe explores issues of morale and discipline, using the contemporary language of discipline to shed light on key questions of how the service was able to absorb indiscipline with marked success through a subtle web of loyalties, history, ethos, traditions and customs, which were rooted in older notions of service but moulded by the new conditions of total war. In so doing, she provides not only a new methodological framework for understanding morale, but also military discipline and leadership.\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Great Britain. Royal Navy Discipline History 20th century. / Great Britain. Royal Navy Sea life. / World War, 1914-1918 Naval operations, British. / Naval discipline Great Britain History 20th century. / Military morale Great Britain History 20th century.
• ISBN: 9781108419055

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
D581.R68 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE