Between mutiny and obedience : the case of the French Fifth Infantry Division during World War I /

Between mutiny and obedience : the case of the French Fifth Infantry Division during World War I / Leonard V. Smith.

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Literary and historical conventions have long painted the experience of soldiers during World War I as simple victimization. Leonard Smith, however, argues that a complex dialogue of resistance and negotiation existed between French soldiers and their own commanders. In this case study of wartime mi...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ACLS)
Main Author: Smith, Leonard V., 1957- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1994]
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
France. > Armée. > Division d'infanterie, 5. > History.
France. > Armée. > Division d'infanterie, 5.
World War, 1914-1918 > Regimental histories > France.
Military discipline > France > History > 20th century.
Mutiny > France > History > 20th century.
Military discipline.
Mutiny.
Regimental histories.
France.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Chapter I. Introduction: The Theory of War, Obedience, and Military Authority
  • Chapter II. The Army and the Republic in Provincial France: Military Life in Rouen before August 1914
  • Chapter III. The Battles of August-September 1914: The Pieces of Defeat, Victory, and Proportionality
  • Chapter IV. The New 5
  • Chapter V. From Percée to Grignotage: The 1915 Offensives at Neuville-St. Vaast
  • Chapter VI. The Crisis in Pitched Battle: Verdun, 1916
  • Chapter VII. The Crisis in Trench Warfare: Les Eparges
  • Chapter VIII. The Implicit Struggle Becomes Explicit: The Mutinies of 1917
  • Chapter IX. The Grandeur and Miseries of Proportionality: June 1917- November 1918
  • Chapter X. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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