Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 538 pages) |
Contents |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Preface""; ""1. The Elementary Forms of the Military Life""; ""2. Cohesion""; ""3. The Marshall Effect""; ""4. Combat Motivation""; ""5. Mass Tactics""; ""6. Modern Tactics""; ""7. The Persistence of Mass""; ""8. Battle Drills""; ""9. Training""; ""10. Professionalism""; ""11. The Female Soldier""; ""12. The Professional Society""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y"" |
Summary |
A work of historical, comparative sociology examining the evolution of infantry tactics in the American, Australian Canadian, British, French, German, and Italian armies from the First World War to the present. It addresses a key question in the social sciences of how social solidarity (cohesion) is generated and sustained |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from pdf information screen (Ebsco, viewed February 19, 2013) |
Subject |
Infantry drill and tactics -- History -- 20th century
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Infantry -- History -- 20th century
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Military history, Modern -- 20th century.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Infantry
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Infantry drill and tactics
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Military history, Modern
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780191633430 |
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0191633437 |
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9780199658848 |
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0199658846 |
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9781299154919 |
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1299154913 |
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9780191752483 |
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0191752487 |
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