Training, Morale and Modern War

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10076151
AutoresHew Strachan (All Souls College and Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War, University of Oxford, autor correspondente)
Ano2006
Volume41
Fascículo2
Páginas211-227
Data de publicação2006-03-30
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022009406062054
OpenAlexW2093028360
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas45
Referências citadas1

Since 1945, theories of combat motivation have been shaped primarily by the argument that soldiers fight for their comrades. This emphasis on the primary group, advanced particularly by Americans, has been challenged from two directions. First, those who point to the heavy losses sustained in fighting on fronts such as the Russian in the second world war argue that ideology or ‘legitimate demand’ must play a role. Second, evidence from both world wars suggests that disciplinary systems also need to be taken into account. This article seeks to incorporate a fourth explanation, the function of realistic training, a point made by one of the most important post-1945 American books on combat motivation, S.L.A. Marshall’s Men Against Fire, but subsequently overlooked

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