Enduring battle : American soldiers in three wars, 1776-1945 / Christopher H. Hamner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamner, Christopher H., author.

Series:

Modern War Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--United States--Psychology--History.

Soldiers.

Psychology, Military.

Combat--Psychological aspects.

Combat.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]

Summary:

"Provocative, illuminating."-Publishers Weekly "Offers a fresh opportunity to engage in a timeless debate-an essential element of understanding military history and grappling with contemporary military affairs."-Army "Makes an invaluable contribution by complicating our understanding of the nature of combat and will certainly become a standard work for historians of soldiers' experiences under fire."-Historian "Hamner's book offers a smoothly written, closely argued, but perhaps deceptively compelling explanation why Americans confronted with the horrors of the battlefield generally choose fighting over flight. Looking at the experiences of American soldiers in the War of American Independence, the Civil War, and the Second World War, Hamner argues that changes in fighting methods required new mechanisms to allow soldiers to endure battle."-War in History "Drawing on insights from psychology and sociology, Hamner has written an engaging history that seeks to understand the experience of combat as powerfully contingent upon time and place. . . . [Such quibbles aside,] this book can readily be recommended as a study of combat motivation in history. "-Journal of Interdisciplinary History.

Contents:

The evolving character of infantry combat

Fear in combat

Training

Leadership

Weaponry

Comradeship.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7006-2663-8

OCLC:

1379478565