Motivation in War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Motivation in War write by Ilya Berkovich. This book was released on 2017-02-02. Motivation in War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explains the motivation of ordinary soldiers to enlist, serve and fight in the armies of eighteenth-century Europe.
Combat Motivation
Combat Motivation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Combat Motivation write by A. Kellett. This book was released on 2013-11-11. Combat Motivation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "What men will fight for seems to be worth looking into," H. L. Mencken noted shortly after the close of the First World War. Prior to that war, although many military commanders and theorists had throughout history shown an aptitude for devising maxims concerning esprit de corps, fighting spirit, morale, and the like, military organizations had rarely sought either to understand or to promote combat motivation. For example, an officer who graduated from the Royal Military College (Sandhurst) at the end of the nineteenth century later commented that the art of leadership was utterly neglected (Charlton 1931, p. 48), while General Wavell recalled that during his course at the British Staff College at Camberley (1909-1 0) insufficient stress was laid "on the factor of morale, or how to induce it and maintain it'' (quoted in Connell1964, p. 63). The First World War forced commanders and staffs to take account of psychological factors and to anticipate wideJy varied responses to the combat environment because, unlike most previous wars, it was not fought by relatively small and homogeneous armies of regulars and trained reservists. The mobilization by the belligerents of about 65 million men (many of whom were enrolled under duress), the evidence of fairly widespread psychiatric breakdown, and the postwar disillusion (- xiii xiv PREFACE emplified in books like C. E. Montague's Disenchantment, published in 1922) all tended to dispel assumptions and to provoke questions about mo tivation and morale.
Why They Fight
Why They Fight - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Why They Fight write by Leonard Wong. This book was released on 2003. Why They Fight available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
On War
On War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook On War write by Carl von Clausewitz. This book was released on 1908. On War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Forging Napoleon's Grande Armée
Forging Napoleon's Grande Armée - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Forging Napoleon's Grande Armée write by Michael J Hughes. This book was released on 2012-05-07. Forging Napoleon's Grande Armée available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “A fascinating study exploring the motivation of French soldiers during the Napoleonic Era, and the process through which they became Napoleon’s men.”—Frederick C. Schneid, author of Napoleon’s Conquest of Europe The men who fought in Napoleon’s Grande Armée built a new empire that changed the world. Remarkably, the same men raised arms during the French Revolution for liberté, égalité, and fraternité. In just over a decade, these freedom fighters, who had once struggled to overthrow tyrants, rallied to the side of a man who wanted to dominate Europe. What was behind this drastic change of heart? In this ground-breaking study, Michael J. Hughes shows how Napoleonic military culture shaped the motivation of Napoleon’s soldiers. Relying on extensive archival research and blending cultural and military history, Hughes demonstrates that the Napoleonic regime incorporated elements from both the Old Regime and French Revolutionary military culture to craft a new military culture, characterized by loyalty to both Napoleon and the preservation of French hegemony in Europe. Underscoring this new, hybrid military culture were five sources of motivation: honor, patriotism, a martial and virile masculinity, devotion to Napoleon, and coercion. Forging Napoleon’s Grande Armée vividly illustrates how this many-pronged culture gave Napoleon’s soldiers reasons to fight. “Hughes offers a tight and well-grounded exposition and analysis of French military culture in the Napoleonic period in which military honour is presented as a dynamic element.” —Journal of European Studies “Hughes’s book not only contributes to our understanding of the military success of Napoleon’s army, but also elegantly employs cultural history methods to better understand army operations and sustained troop motivations.” —Julia Osman, History: Reviews of New Book
