Hero or Coward

Pressures Facing the Soldier in Battle

Elmar Dinter (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

198 Seiten

1985
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7146-3230-8 (ISBN)

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This work addresses the question of why some men fight well in war and others do not. He examines the factors and draws conclusions involving recommendations for new methods of personnel selection and new tactics, training and education.

Elmar Dinter addresses the question of why some men fight well in war and others do not. He examines the factors and draws conclusions involving recommendations for new methods of personnel selection and new tactics, training and military education.

Elmar Dinter

Setting the scene; stress; pressures on the individual; injury and death; stamina and exhaustion; firepower; experiences of military units; experiences of commanders; summary of pressures; psychiatric casualties; summary of antidotes; effects on the commander; consequences for personnel selection, organization, equipment, training, education, leadership and tactics; future prospects; open questions. Appendices: introduction to the historical examples; the Battle for Calais; the Battle for Stalingrad; the Battle for Monte Cassino.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.5.1985
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	400 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7146-3230-9 / 0714632309
ISBN-13	978-0-7146-3230-8 / 9780714632308
Zustand	Neuware