Morale and Discipline in the Royal Navy during the First World War
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Morale and Discipline in the Royal Navy during the First World War

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Morale and Discipline in the Royal Navy during the First World War

About this book

In contrast to the voluminous literature on trench warfare, few scholarly works have been written on how the First World War was experienced at sea. The conditions of war challenged the Royal Navy's position within British national identity and its own service ethos. This challenge took the form of a dialogue, fuelled by fear of civil unrest, between the discourses of paternalism from above and democratism from below. Laura Rowe explores issues of morale and discipline, using the contemporary language of discipline to shed light on key questions of how the service was able to absorb indiscipline with marked success through a subtle web of loyalties, history, ethos, traditions and customs, which were rooted in older notions of service but moulded by the new conditions of total war. In so doing, she provides not only a new methodological framework for understanding morale, but also military discipline and leadership.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Series information
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright information
  6. Dedication
  7. Table of contents
  8. List of Figures
  9. List of Tables
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Introduction
  12. 1 Ethos on the Eve of War: The Foundations of Paternalism and Democratism
  13. 2 The Structure of Discipline and the Spectre of Indiscipline
  14. 3 ‘Addressing’ Pay and Conditions
  15. 4 Lower-Deck Societies, Trade Unions, and Representation
  16. 5 Counting Unrest
  17. Conclusion
  18. Select Bibliography
  19. Index