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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797199203321

Autore

Kelly Ian Stuart

Titolo

Echoes of success : identity in the Highland Regiments / / Ian Stuart Kelly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-29442-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

History of Warfare, , 1385-7827 ; ; Volume 104

Disciplina

356.110942

Soggetti

Scotland History, Military

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Identity -- 2 Highland Battalions -- 3 Highland Soldiers -- 4 Discipline and Military Law -- 5 Faith and the Army -- 6 Education -- 7 Narratives -- 8 In Garrison and On Campaign -- 9 Institutional Correlations -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In Echoes of Success , Ian Stuart Kelly uses new information about late Victorian Scottish Highland battalions to provide new insights into how groups identify themselves, and pass that sense on to successive generations of soldiers. Kelly applies concepts from organisational theory (the study of how organisations function) to demonstrate how soldiers’ experiences create a ‘blueprint’ of expected behaviours and thought patterns that contribute to their battalion’s continued success. This model manages the interplay between public perception and actual life experiences more effectively than current approaches to understanding identity. Also, Kelly’s primary research offers a more certain description of soldiers’ life, faith, education, and discipline than has previously been available.