A Thirst for Wine and War : The Intoxication of French Soldiers on the Western Front / Adam D. Zientek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zientek, Adam D., author.

Series:

Intoxicating Histories Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operational rations (Military supplies).

Wine and wine making--France--History--20th century.

Wine and wine making.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2024]

Summary:

To maintain morale amongst soldiers in the wretched trenches of World War I, the French army provided regular rations of wine and other alcohol that became a defining feature of French soldiers' experience. A Thirst for Wine and War explores the French army's strategic distribution of alcohol as a method of emotional and behavioural control.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Table and Figures

Acknowledgments

A THIRST fOR WINE AND WAR

Introduction

1 Prologue to the War

2 The Origins and Nature of the Psychotropic Regime

3 The Daily System and Pinard

4 The Battle System and Gnôle

5 The Prohibition System and the World-behind-the-War

6 Wine and the French Army Mutinies

7 Wine and the Revolt of the Permissionnaires

Epilogue

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Zientek, Adam D. A Thirst for Wine and War

ISBN:

0-2280-1994-X