Enduring the Great War: Combat, Morale and Collapse in the German and British Armies, 1914-1918

• Published in: History Vol. 37; no. 1; p. 35
• Main Author: Brose, Eric Dorn
• Format: Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Taylor & Francis Inc 01.10.2008
• Subjects: Military history; Police reports; Psychology; World War I

Explaining World War I (1999, Basic Books), such as the desire to fight for king and country, parents, hometown buddies, girlfriends, and wives; the need not to let comrades down; an intense dislike of the enemy; and negative incentives like fear of being court-martialed for cowardice and the danger...