Sport and the military : the British armed forces 1880-1960 / Tony Mason and Eliza Riedi.
Sport and the military : the British armed forces 1880-1960 / Tony Mason and Eliza Riedi.
Sport and the military : the British armed forces 1880-1960 / Tony Mason and Eliza Riedi.
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Date
2010.
Call Numbers
N355.12/22
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
The growth of service sport, 1880-1914 -- Officer sports and their critics, 1880-1914 -- Sport in the Great War -- The amateur era, 1919-39 -- Soldiers, sailors and civilians -- A different kind of war -- The national service years: the summit of military sport?
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2010.
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Summary
"On battleships, behind the trenches of the Western Front and in the midst of the Desert War, British servicemen and women have played sport in the least promising circumstances. When 400 soldiers were asked in Burma in 1946 what they liked about the Army, 108 put sport in first place - well ahead of comradeship and leave - and this book explores t...
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Sport and the military : the British armed forces 1880-1960 / Tony Mason and Eliza Riedi.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-282) and index.
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N355.12/22
Record Identifier
74VM0ElG3dvA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM0ElG3dvA
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ISBN
0521700744 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780521877145 (hardback)
0521877148 (hardback)
9780521700740 (pbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
355.12
MMS ID
991001785429702626
