Men under fire: motivation, morale and masculinity among Czech soldiers in the Great War, 1914-1918

"In historical writing on World War I, Czech-speaking soldiers serving in the Austro-Hungarian military are typically studied as Czechs, rarely as soldiers, and never as men. As a result, the question of these soldiers' imperial loyalties has dominated the historical literature to the excl...

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Main Author: Hutečka, Jiří 1979- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Berghahn 2020
Edition:English-language edition
Series:Austrian and Habsburg studies vol 26
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Summary:"In historical writing on World War I, Czech-speaking soldiers serving in the Austro-Hungarian military are typically studied as Czechs, rarely as soldiers, and never as men. As a result, the question of these soldiers' imperial loyalties has dominated the historical literature to the exclusion of any debate on their identities and experiences. Men under Fire provides a groundbreaking analysis of this oft-overlooked cohort, drawing on a wealth of soldiers' private writings to explore experiences of exhaustion, sex, loyalty, authority, and combat itself. It combines methods from history, gender studies, and military science to reveal the extent to which the Great War challenged these men's senses of masculinity, and to which the resulting dynamics influenced their attitudes and loyalties."--
Item Description:"Originally published in Czech in 2016 as Muži proti ohni: motivace, morálka a mužnost českých vojáků Velké války, 1914-1918, by Nakladatelství Lidové Noviny."--Title page verso
"This text represents a substantial reworking and extension of the Czech original that was published by Nakladatelství Lidové noviny in Prague in 2016."--Preface to the English Edition
Physical Description:xi, 288 Seiten
ISBN:9781789205411
1789205417

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