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The combat soldier : infantry tactics and cohesion in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

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
eBook, English, 2013
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013
Electronic books
1 online resource (xiv, 538 pages)
9780191633430, 9780199658848, 9781299154919, 9780191752483, 0191633437, 0199658846, 1299154913, 0191752487
828010035
""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""