Three hundred and fifty-one men were executed by British Army firing-squads between September 1914 and November 1920. By far the greatest number were shot for desertion in the face of the enemy. Controversial even at the time, these executions of soldiers amid the horrors of the Western Front continue to haunt the history of war. This book provides a critical analysis of military law in the British army and other major armies during the First World War, with particular reference to the use of the death penalty. This study establishes a full cultural and legal framework for military discipline and compares British military law with French and German military law. It includes case studies of British troops on the Frontline.
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"... a welcome addition to an area of continuing controversy and public interest."--John M. Bourne, Centre for First World War Studies, University of Birmingham
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Gerard Oram is at Open University, UK.
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In a recent study of military discipline during the First Word War David Englander rightly asserted that 'British and Belgian soldiers were more at risk [from capital punishment] than either their French or German counterparts'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ten condemnations, mail censor, military offences, field punishments, worthless men, troop morale, confirmation rate, military executions, unit discipline, penal battalions, military crime, disciplinary concerns, military punishments, army formations, war diary, war neuroses, military law, army discipline, military code, divisional commander Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Army, World War, Territorial Force, High Command, New Armies, Captain Hardie, Brigadier General, Army Act, Third Army, Douglas Haig, Case Studies, Gary Sheffield, Royal Warwickshires, Lord Moran, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Three British Infantry Divisions, High Wood, Judge Advocate General, South Midland, Southborough Committee, Third Ypres, Battalion Border Regiment, Eastern Europe, First Aid Post, British Expeditionary Force New!
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In a recent study of military discipline during the First Word War David Englander rightly asserted that 'British and Belgian soldiers were more at risk [from capital punishment] than either their French or German counterparts'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ten condemnations, mail censor, military offences, field punishments, worthless men, troop morale, confirmation rate, military executions, unit discipline, penal battalions, military crime, disciplinary concerns, military punishments, army formations, war diary, war neuroses, military law, army discipline, military code, divisional commander Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Army, World War, Territorial Force, High Command, New Armies, Captain Hardie, Brigadier General, Army Act, Third Army, Douglas Haig, Case Studies, Gary Sheffield, Royal Warwickshires, Lord Moran, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Three British Infantry Divisions, High Wood, Judge Advocate General, South Midland, Southborough Committee, Third Ypres, Battalion Border Regiment, Eastern Europe, First Aid Post, British Expeditionary Force New!
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- The First World War by Hew Strachan on 9 pages
- Facing Armageddon: The First World War Experienced (Pen & Sword Paperback) by Hugh Cecil on 8 pages
- Facing Armageddon (Pen & Sword Select) by Hugh Cecil on 8 pages
- On War (Dodo Press) by Carl von General Clausewitz on 5 pages
- The Anatomy of Courage (Art of Command Series) by Moran on 5 pages
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