"The soldier-horse relationship was nurtured by The British Army because it made the soldier and his horse into an effective fighting unit. Soldiers and their Horses explores a complex relationship forged between horses and humans in extreme conditions. As both a social history of Britain in th...

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1. Verfasser:	Flynn, Jane (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York, NY Routledge 2020
Schriftenreihe:	Routledge studies in cultural history Routledge studies in cultural history 83
Schlagworte:	War horses / Great Britain / History / 20th century Animals / War use / Great Britain / History / 20th century Human-animal relationships / Great Britain / History / 20th century World War, 1914-1918 / Veterinary service / Great Britain
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Zusammenfassung:	"The soldier-horse relationship was nurtured by The British Army because it made the soldier and his horse into an effective fighting unit. Soldiers and their Horses explores a complex relationship forged between horses and humans in extreme conditions. As both a social history of Britain in the early twentieth century and a history of the British Army, Soldiers and their Horses reconciles the hard pragmatism of war with the imaginative and emotional. By carefully overlapping the civilian and the military, by juxtaposing 'sense' and 'sentimentality', and by considering institutional policy alongside individual experience, the soldier and his horse are re-instated as co-participators in The Great War. Soldiers and their Horses provides a valuable contribution to current thinking about the role of horses in history"--
Beschreibung:	Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 30, 2020)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (viii, 161 pages) illustrations
ISBN:	9781003019350 1003019358 9781000030365 1000030369 9781000030389 1000030385 9781000030372 1000030377