| Description |
1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Princeton Legacy Library |
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Princeton legacy library.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter I. Introduction: The Theory of War, Obedience, and Military Authority -- Chapter II. The Army and the Republic in Provincial France: Military Life in Rouen before August 1914 -- Chapter III. The Battles of August-September 1914: The Pieces of Defeat, Victory, and Proportionality -- Chapter IV. The New 5 -- Chapter V. From Percée to Grignotage: The 1915 Offensives at Neuville-St. Vaast -- Chapter VI. The Crisis in Pitched Battle: Verdun, 1916 -- Chapter VII. The Crisis in Trench Warfare: Les Eparges -- Chapter VIII. The Implicit Struggle Becomes Explicit: The Mutinies of 1917 -- Chapter IX. The Grandeur and Miseries of Proportionality: June 1917- November 1918 -- Chapter X. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--Columbia University) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
France. Armée. Division d'infanterie, 5. -- History
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| SUBJECT |
France. Armée. Division d'infanterie, 5 fast |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- France
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Military discipline -- France -- History -- 20th century
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Mutiny -- France -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War I.
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Military discipline
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Mutiny
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Regimental histories
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France
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400863792 |
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1400863791 |
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