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Author King, Anthony, 1967-

Title The combat soldier : infantry tactics and cohesion in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries / Anthony King
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013

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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
Infantry -- History -- 20th century
Military history, Modern -- 20th century.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Infantry
Infantry drill and tactics
Military history, Modern
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
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