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Alex Mayhew, "Making Sense of the Great War: Crisis, Englishness, and Morale on the Western Front" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

New Books in Sociology

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Class Distinctions and Military Duty in the Great War

This chapter examines the social hierarchies within the military during the Great War, contrasting the views of officers and enlisted soldiers. It highlights how pre-war class distinctions from Edwardian Britain influenced concepts of duty and national identity among different social classes.

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