Enduring battle : American soldiers in three wars, 1776-1945 / Christopher H. Hamner.
Hamner, Christopher H.
2011
U22.3 .H248 2011 (Mapit)
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Title Enduring battle : American soldiers in three wars, 1776-1945 / Christopher H. Hamner.
Author Hamner, Christopher H.
ISBN 9780700617753 (alk. paper)
0700617752 (alk. paper)
Imprint Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2011.
Language English
Description xi, 281 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number U22.3 .H248 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 355.3/30973
Summary Hamner contrasts the experience of infantry combat on the ground in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when soldiers marched shoulder-to-shoulder in linear formations, with the experiences of dispersed infantrymen of the mid-twentieth century. Earlier battlefields prized soldiers who could behave as stoic automatons; the modern dispersed battlefield required soldiers who could act autonomously. As the range and power of weapons removed enemies from view, combat became increasingly depersonalized, and soldiers became more isolated from their comrades and even imagined that the enemy was targeting them personally. What's more, battles lengthened so that exchanges of fire that lasted an hour during the Revolutionary War became round-the-clock by World War II.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Modern war studies.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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The evolving character of infantry combat
Fear in combat
Training
Leadership
Weaponry
Comradeship.

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