Synopses & Reviews
The British army was almost unique among the European armies of the Great War in that it did not suffer from a serious breakdown of discipline or collapse of morale. It did, however, inevitably suffer from disciplinary problems. While attention has hitherto focused on the 312 notorious "shot at dawn" cases, many thousands of British soldiers were tried by court martial during the Great War. This book will be essential reading for military and Irish historians and their students, and will interest any general reader concerned with how units maintain discipline and morale under the most trying conditions.
Synopsis
This book discusses the discipline and morale in the British army during the Great War by using a case-study of the Irish regiments
About the Author
Timothy Bowman is Lecturer in Defence Studies, King's College London, based at the Joint Services Command and Staff College.
Table of Contents
Introduction * Measuring Discipline and Morale * Regular Regiments at War * Raising the Service Battalions * Adjusting and Adapting * Amalgamations, Reductions and Conscription * The Final Phase * Irish Units on Home Service