Echoes of success : : identity in the Highland Regiments / / Ian Stuart Kelly.

• Superior document: History of Warfare, Volume 104
• VerfasserIn: Kelly, Ian Stuart,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: History of warfare ; Volume 104.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (271 pages) :; illustrations, tables.

In Echoes of Success , Ian Stuart Kelly uses new information about late Victorian Scottish Highland battalions to provide new insights into how groups identify themselves, and pass that sense on to successive generations of soldiers. Kelly applies concepts from organisational theory (the study of how organisations function) to demonstrate how soldiers’ experiences create a ‘blueprint’ of expected behaviours and thought patterns that contribute to their battalion’s continued success. This model manages the interplay between public perception and actual life experiences more effectively than current approaches to understanding identity. Also, Kelly’s primary research offers a more certain description of soldiers’ life, faith, education, and discipline than has previously been available.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Identity -- 2 Highland Battalions -- 3 Highland Soldiers -- 4 Discipline and Military Law -- 5 Faith and the Army -- 6 Education -- 7 Narratives -- 8 In Garrison and On Campaign -- 9 Institutional Correlations -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index.