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Item Details
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WHEN SOLDIERS QUIT
STUDIES IN MILITARY DISINTEGRATION |
| By: |
Bruce Allen Watson |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£74.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0275952231 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780275952235 |
| Publisher: |
ABC-CLIO |
| Pub. date: |
28 January, 1997 |
| Pages: |
216 |
| Description: |
Examines six examples of military disintegration: the India Mutiny, 1857; the French Army mutinies, 1917; the depredations following the British siege of San Sebastian, 1813; the surrender of the US 106th Infantry Division, 1944; the Sand Creek Indian Massacre, 1864; and the My Lai massacre, 1968. |
| Synopsis: |
After an introduction showing three examples of military disintegration, the author examines six historical occurrences in depth: The India Mutiny of 1857; the 1917 French Army mutinies; the depredations following the British siege of San Sebastian, 1813; the surrender of the U.S. 106th Infantry Division in 1944; the Sand Creek Indian Massacre, 1864; and the My Lai massacre in 1968. The final chapter begins with a recapitulation of the four processes shown to be the foundations of disintegration-leadership failure, collapse of the units' internal primary groups, alienation, and desperation among the troops-and continues with an analysis of the crowd behaviors to which these processes give rise. The book ends with a brief discussion of the moral dilemma that disintegration imposes on military institutions. |
| Illustrations: |
bibliography, index |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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