Title Making sense of the Great War : crisis, Englishness, and morale on the Western Front / Alex Mayhew, University of Birmingham

Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource Series Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare Contents Familiarising the Western Front : attachment to Belgium and France -- Enduring the Western Front : winter and morale -- Defining duty : obligation and the cultural foundations of morale -- Imagining home : Englishness in the trenches -- Hoping for peace : victory and the future -- Experiencing crisis : battle and sensemaking, c. July 1917-June 1918 Summary "Alex Mayhew provides new perspectives on military morale by exploring the experiences of English infantrymen in Belgium and France from 1914 to 1918. Drawing on approaches from anthropology, psychology, and sociology, he examines the morale and endurance of these soldiers and helps to explain how soldiers made sense of the Great War"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force -- History SUBJECT Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force fast Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Psychological aspects Military morale -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Psychology Psychology, Military. Military morale Psychological aspects Psychology, Military Soldiers -- Psychology Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2023016279 ISBN 9781009168762 1009168762

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