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- État
- Title
- Sport and the Military: The British Armed Forces 1880-1960
- ISBN
- 9780521700740
- Subject Area
- History
- Publication Name
- Sport and the Military : the British Armed Forces, 1880-1960
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Subject
- Europe / Great Britain / General
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 17 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 298 Pages
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On battleships, behind the trenches of the Western Front and in the midst of the Desert War, British servicemen and women have played sport in the least promising circumstances. When 400 soldiers were asked in Burma in 1946 what they liked about the Army, 108 put sport in first place - well ahead of comradeship and leave - and this book explores the fascinating history of organised sport in the life of officers and other ranks of all three British services from 1880-1960. Drawing on a wide range of sources, this book examines how organised sport developed in the Victorian army and navy, became the focus of criticism for Edwardian army reformers, and was officially adopted during the Great War to boost morale and esprit de corps. It shows how service sport adapted to the influx of professional sportsmen, especially footballers, during the Second World War and the National Service years.
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521700744
ISBN-13
9780521700740
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99688037
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Sport and the Military : the British Armed Forces, 1880-1960
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Number of Pages
298 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2010-033571
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LeafCats
378
Lc Classification Number
U328
Reviews
'For those engaged in the study of military history, or indeed social history, I would suggest that Sport and the Military will not only provide entertaining reading but will broaden your outlook.' Open History, "Detailed, thoroughly well organized, and written in a lively and engaging prose, Sport and the Military serves as a significant contribution to British military and social history. This book is testament to the value of studying the history of sport." -Matthew P. Llewellyn, Journal of British Studies, 'Well-written and well-organized, with lively and engaging prose, this book will be appreciated not only by historians of sport and the military, but also by anyone interested in Britain's social and cultural life throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries.' Reviews in History, 'Tony Mason and Eliza Riedi offer a fascinating account that highlights the importance of military sport, not just at home but on battleships, behind the trenches in World War I, and in the midst of the Desert War … Their book should be essential reading not only for scholars and students working on military history and the history of sport, but also for those interested in modern British social and cultural history more generally.' American Historical Review, '… the authors have … shown how social and cultural history can come together with military history to the benefit of all three. In doing so they have also emphasized that military historians must draw on other areas of the historical discipline if they really want to understand what made the armed services work.' David French, Twentieth Century British History, "Through an exhaustive examination of published and unpublished sources, the authors have addressed a significan void in the understanding of the historical importance of sport within the British military and its facilitation of civil-military relations. Recommended." -Choice, "This is an impressive book based on extensive archival research, but without being too dense." -Paul Ward, Canadian Journal of History, "Mason and Reidi have written an elegant book with wide historical and political implications of significance to all historians." - Ross McKibbin, Sport in History, 'This is an interesting read for those with any connection to the British military. It is a meticulously researched account that sheds light on a hitherto largely overlooked subject. It is also a tale of how much the nation changed over the 80 years that the book focuses on.' Times Higher Education, Advance praise: 'This study of the sporting life of British soldiers is a major contribution to our understanding of British popular culture. With massive research and a sure touch, Mason and Riedi have brought military history and social history together in a fruitful and illuminating book, laced with humour and affection for sport and for the men who lived through and for it.' Jay Winter, Charles J. Stille Professor of History, Yale University, 'It is difficult to disagree with or doubt any of the lines of interpretation taken by Mason and Riedi. The book is exhaustively researched, drawing upon a wide range of material from the press, and civilian and military records. It is free of unnecessary theory or jargon … It is clearly told, carefully nuanced and strongly rooted in the evidential base.' English Historical Review, "This is an interesting read for those with any connection to the British military. It is a meticulously researched account that sheds light on a hitherto largely overlooked subject. It is also a tale of how much the nation changed over the 80 years that the book focuses on. The Duke of Wellington did not claim (as is widely believed) that the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton, but it is clear that sport has long played a valuable role in the British armed forces." -TLS, "Tony Mason and Eliza Riedi offer a fascinating account that highlights the importance of military sport, not just at home but on battleships, behind the trenches in World War I, and in the midst of the Desert War... Their book should be essential reading not only for scholars and students working on military history and the history of sport, but also for those interested in modern British social and cultural history more generally." -American Historical Review, "It is difficult to disagree with or doubt any of the lines of interpretation taken by Mason and Riedi. The book is exhaustively researched, drawing upon a wide range of material from the press, and civilian and military records. It is free of unnecessary theory or jargon... It is clearly told, carefully nuanced and strongly rooted in the evidential base." -English Historical Review, 'The British armed forces have long connected sportsmanship, character and success at war, but there has been little serious examination of this. Mason and Riedi's Sport and the Military admirably fills the gap. This well researched, well written book establishes beyond doubt the beneficial effect of sport on morale, esprit de corps and discipline.' Soldier, 'Mason and Riedi have made a significant contribution to the literature and provided a locus classicus on the development of sport in the British military.' Sport in Society, "Mason and Riedi demonstrate in this study the many ways in which sport can be used as a lens through which to study the past. For historians of sport, the British Empire, and military history, this fine book will serve as an excellent introduction to the subject." -Wanda Ellen Wakefield, Journal of Sport History, 'This detailed study of service sport at home and abroad, in times of peace as well as war, is a significant work of historical scholarship. It demonstrates that sport's role was not, as conventionally assumed, the promotion of martial skills but more to develop physical fitness, advance esprit de corps, raise morale, and, often forgotten, simply to relieve boredom.' Wray Vamplew, Emeritus Professor in Sports Studies, University of Stirling, "the authors have also shown how social and cultural history can come together with military history to the benefit of all three. In doing so they have also emphasized that military historians must draw on other areas of the historical discipline if they really want to understand what made the armed services work." -David French, Twentieth Century British History, "Sport and the Military is an interesting and significant addition to military historiography, and well worth reading." -Soldiers of the Queen: Journal of the Victorian Military Society, 'Sport and the Military is an interesting and significant addition to military historiography, and well worth reading.' Soldiers of the Queen: Journal of the Victorian Military Society, 'This is a scholarly and consistently informative study of the evolution of sport in the British armed forces … The book has six themes, though most are interrelated: sport and the class system; the tension between professionalism and amateurism; the point of sport and its significance within the ideology of the British military; the degree to which military sport was serious; the role of war itself in advancing sport in the armed forces; and, finally, a theme which embraces all the others, the relationship between military sport and civilian sport, and between the military and civil society more broadly … Mason and Riedi have written an elegant book with wide historical and political implications of significance to all historians.' Ross McKibbin, Sport in History, 'Mason and Riedi demonstrate in this study the many ways in which sport can be used as a lens through which to study the past. For historians of sport, the British Empire, and military history, this fine book will serve as an excellent introduction to the subject.' Journal of Sport History, 'Detailed, thoroughly well organized, and written in a lively and engaging prose, Sport and the Military serves as a significant contribution to British military and social history. This book is testament to the value of studying the history of sport.' Journal of British Studies
Table of Content
Introduction; 1. The growth of service sport, 1880-1914; 2. Officer sports and their critics, 1880-1914; 3. Sport in the great war; 4. The amateur era, 1919-39; 5. Soldiers, sailors and civilians; 6. A different kind of war; 7. The National Service years: the summit of military sport?; Conclusion.
Copyright Date
2010
Dewey Decimal
355.1/2
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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