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Men under fire : motivation, morale and masculinity among Czech soldiers in the Great War, 1914-1918 / Jiří Hutečka.
Van Pelt Library D539.5.C8 H8713 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hutečka, Jiří, 1979- author.
- Series:
- Austrian and Habsburg studies ; v. 26.
- Austrian and Habsburg studies ; vol 26
- Standardized Title:
- Muži proti ohni. English
- Language:
- Czech
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legie česk--History--World War, 1914-1918.
- Legie česk.
- Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Heer.
- World War, 1914-1918--Participation, Czech.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Soldiers--Czech Republic--Bohemia--Attitudes.
- Soldiers.
- Military morale--Czech Republic--Bohemia--History.
- Military morale.
- Masculinity--Czech Republic--Bohemia--History.
- Masculinity.
- Allegiance--Czech Republic--Bohemia--History.
- Allegiance.
- World War, 1914-1918--Participation, Czech--Historiography.
- Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Heer--History.
- Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.
- History.
- Historiography.
- Czech Republic--Bohemia.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 288 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- English-language edition.
- Other Title:
- Motivation, morale, and masculinity among Czech soldiers in the Great War, 1914-1918
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn, 2020.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the original Czech into English.
- Summary:
- "In historical writing on World War I, Czech-speaking soldiers serving in the Austro-Hungarian military are typically studied as Czechs, rarely as soldiers, and never as men. As a result, the question of these soldiers' imperial loyalties has dominated the historical literature to the exclusion of any debate on their identities and experiences. Men under Fire provides a groundbreaking analysis of this oft-overlooked cohort, drawing on a wealth of soldiers' private writings to explore experiences of exhaustion, sex, loyalty, authority, and combat itself. It combines methods from history, gender studies, and military science to reveal the extent to which the Great War challenged these men's senses of masculinity, and to which the resulting dynamics influenced their attitudes and loyalties."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in Czech in 2016 as Muži proti ohni: motivace, morálka a mužnost českých vojáků Velké války, 1914-1918, by Nakladatelství Lidové Noviny."--Title page verso.
- "This text represents a substantial reworking and extension of the Czech original that was published by Nakladatelství Lidové noviny in Prague in 2016."--Preface to the English Edition.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hutečka, Jiří, 1979- Men under fire
- ISBN:
- 9781789205411
- 1789205417
- OCLC:
- 1128891009
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