Name: Civilians Into Soldiers: War, the Body and British Army Recruits, 1939–45 (Cultural History of Modern War)
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Author: Emma Newlands
ISBN: 9780719088049

portada Civilians Into Soldiers: War, the Body and British Army Recruits, 1939–45 (Cultural History of Modern War)

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Manchester Univ Pr

Author

Emma Newlands

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780719088049

Synopsis "Civilians Into Soldiers: War, the Body and British Army Recruits, 1939–45 (Cultural History of Modern War)"

Civilians into soldiers is an examination of body cultures in the British Army during the Second World War. Drawing on a wealth of official records and servicemen’s personal testimonies, it explores the ways in which male civilians were turned into soldiers through the techniques by which they were inducted into military service. It follows the chronological experiences of wartime recruits, from their enlistment and training to their confrontations with wounding and death, and traces the significance of the body throughout. As such, it provides new ways of understanding how the British prepared for and conducted the Second World War. Civilians into soldiers will appeal to students and specialists in British social and cultural history, war studies and military medicine and health.