Between Mutiny and Obedience : : The Case of the French Fifth Infantry Division during World War I / / Leonard V. Smith.
Literary and historical conventions have long painted the experience of soldiers during World War I as simple victimization. Leonard Smith, however, argues that a complex dialogue of resistance and negotiation existed between French soldiers and their own commanders. In this case study of wartime mi...
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Smith, Leonard V., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Between Mutiny and Obedience : The Case of the French Fifth Infantry Division during World War I / Leonard V. Smith. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014] ©1994 1 online resource (294 p.) : 12 halftones 1 line illus. 15 maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Princeton Legacy Library ; 225 Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter I. Introduction: The Theory of War, Obedience, and Military Authority -- Chapter II. The Army and the Republic in Provincial France: Military Life in Rouen before August 1914 -- Chapter III. The Battles of August-September 1914: The Pieces of Defeat, Victory, and Proportionality -- Chapter IV. The New 5e DI and the New War: The Social World of Trench Warfare -- Chapter V. From Percée to Grignotage: The 1915 Offensives at Neuville-St. Vaast -- Chapter VI. The Crisis in Pitched Battle: Verdun, 1916 -- Chapter VII. The Crisis in Trench Warfare: Les Eparges -- Chapter VIII. The Implicit Struggle Becomes Explicit: The Mutinies of 1917 -- Chapter IX. The Grandeur and Miseries of Proportionality: June 1917- November 1918 -- Chapter X. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Literary and historical conventions have long painted the experience of soldiers during World War I as simple victimization. Leonard Smith, however, argues that a complex dialogue of resistance and negotiation existed between French soldiers and their own commanders. In this case study of wartime military culture, Smith analyzes the experience of the French Fifth Infantry Division in both pitched battle and trench warfare. The division established a distinguished fighting record from 1914 to 1916, yet proved in 1917 the most mutinous division in the entire French army, only to regain its elite reputation in 1918. Drawing on sources from ordinary soldiers to well-known commanders such as General Charles Mangin, the author explains how the mutinies of 1917 became an explicit manifestation of an implicit struggle that took place within the French army over the whole course of the war.Smith pays particular attention to the pivotal role of noncommissioned and junior officers, who both exercised command authority and shared the physical perils of men in the lower ranks. He shows that "soldiers," broadly defined, learned to determine rules of how they would and would not fight the war, and imposed these rules on the command structure itself. By altering the parameters of command authority in accordance with their own perceived interests, soldiers and commanders negotiated a behavioral space between mutiny and obedience.Originally published in 1994.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) France. -- Armée. -- Division d'infanterie, 5 -- History. France. -- Armée. -- Division d'infanterie, 5 -- History.;World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- France.;Military discipline -- France -- History -- 20th century.;Mutiny -- France -- History -- 20th century. Military discipline -- France -- History -- 20th century. Mutiny -- France -- History -- 20th century. World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- France. HISTORY / Military / World War I. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 9783110413441 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Library eBook Package World History 9783110413663 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 print 9780691601731 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400863792 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400863792 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400863792.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter I. Introduction: The Theory of War, Obedience, and Military Authority -- Chapter II. The Army and the Republic in Provincial France: Military Life in Rouen before August 1914 -- Chapter III. The Battles of August-September 1914: The Pieces of Defeat, Victory, and Proportionality -- Chapter IV. The New 5e DI and the New War: The Social World of Trench Warfare -- Chapter V. From Percée to Grignotage: The 1915 Offensives at Neuville-St. Vaast -- Chapter VI. The Crisis in Pitched Battle: Verdun, 1916 -- Chapter VII. The Crisis in Trench Warfare: Les Eparges -- Chapter VIII. The Implicit Struggle Becomes Explicit: The Mutinies of 1917 -- Chapter IX. The Grandeur and Miseries of Proportionality: June 1917- November 1918 -- Chapter X. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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