Heroes & cowards : the social face of war
Heroes and Cowards demonstrates the role that social capital plays in people's decisions. The makeup of various companies, whether soldiers were of the same ethnicity, age, and occupation, influenced whether soldiers remained loyal or whether they deserted. Costa and Kahn discuss how the soldie...
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| Autori principali: | , |
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| Natura: | Livre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press
2011.
Palo Alto, Calif : ebrary 2011. |
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université Orléans et IFPM |
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La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de 343 p. Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) Corpus Histoire |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Variante du titre: | Heroes and cowards |
Sommario:
- 1. Loyalty and Sacrifice
- 2. Why the U.S. Civil War?
- 3. Building the Armies
- 4. Heroes and Cowards
- 5. POW Camp Survivors
- 6. The Homecoming of Heroes and Cowards
- 7. Slaves Become Freemen
- 8. Learning from the Past
- Appendix. Records and Collection Methods