Combat and Morale in the North African Campaign

Combat and Morale in the North African Campaign

Einband:
Fester Einband
EAN:
9780521192705
Untertitel:
The Eighth Army and the Path to El Alamein
Autor:
Jonathan Fennell
Herausgeber:
Cambridge University Press
Anzahl Seiten:
362
Erscheinungsdatum:
17.02.2011
ISBN:
0521192706

A challenging analysis of the important yet controversial North African campaign, examined through the lens of morale.

Autorentext
Jonathan Fennell is Lecturer in Defence Studies with King's College London, at the Airmen's Command Squadron, Royal Air Force, Halton.

Zusammenfassung
This new perspective on the desert war challenges conventional explanations for Allied success at El Alamein, one of the most controversial campaigns in British and Commonwealth history. The author studies the campaign using newly discovered sources, plotting a morale crisis and stunning recovery that decisively affected the Eighth Army's performance.

Inhalt
Introduction; 1. Morale crisis and recovery; 2. Technology, firepower and morale; 3. Quality of manpower and morale; 4. Environment, provisions and morale; 5. Welfare, education and morale; 6. Leadership, command and morale; 7. Training and morale; 8. In search of a theory to explain combat morale in the desert; Conclusion.


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