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Awarded for valour[electronic resource] :a history of the Victoria Cross and the evolution of British heroism /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
杜威分類號:	941
書名/作者:	Awarded for valour : a history of the Victoria Cross and the evolution of British heroism // Melvin Charles Smith.
作者:	Smith, Melvin Charles,
出版者:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; : PalgraveMacmillan,, 2008.
面頁冊數:	vii, 281 p.
叢書名:	Studies in military and strategic history
標題:	Victoria Cross.
標題:	Courage - Great Britain.
標題:	Military decorations - Great Britain.
ISBN:	9780230583351
ISBN:	0230583350
書目註:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-275) and index.
內容註:	Introduction -- I b2 sve Broken My Arm, Dick, But Never Mind Me Now:The Hero in Victorian Popular Mythology -- The Institutionalization ofHeroism in Britain -- Teething Problems, 1856 - 1867 --Big Implications From Small Wars: The Imperial Vision of Heroism, 1860 - 1911 -- Fifty Years On: A Half-Century of Heroism -- 1914: The last Stand of he Thin Red Line -- The Middle Parts of Fortune: Heroism in Evolution, 1915 -1916 -- b1 sCourage Isn b2 st What it Used to be: b2 s Heroism Emerges From the Great War -- The Hero Comes Home From the War: The Institutionalization of Modern Heroism --Conclusion: The New Hero in Action, 1940 - 2006 -- Appendix -- Bibliography.
摘要、提要註:	The Victoria Cross: the highest standard of valour. The exploits of its winners are the stuffof legend. But why was it instituted? What factors came together during the Crimean War to create this award? Since its inception 1,356 have been awarded, but the circumstances of warfarehave changedwand with them the very concept of heroism has evolved. Awarded for Valour traces the evolution of this concept from its originson the fields before Sevastopol, across the dashing campaigns of imperialexpansion and defence, where the concept of heroism was a curious combination of the romantic andthepragmatic (all held in place with a stiff upper lip) and into the cauldron of the First World War,from which a very different concept of heroism arose.
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Awarded for valour[electronic resource] :a history of the Victoria Cross and the evolution of British heroism /
Smith, Melvin Charles,1962-

Awarded for valoura history of the Victoria Cross and the evolution of British heroism /[electronic resource] :Melvin Charles Smith. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ;PalgraveMacmillan,2008. - vii, 281 p. - Studies in military and strategic history.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-275) and index.

Introduction -- I b2 sve Broken My Arm, Dick, But Never Mind Me Now:The Hero in Victorian Popular Mythology -- The Institutionalization ofHeroism in Britain -- Teething Problems, 1856 - 1867 --Big Implications From Small Wars: The Imperial Vision of Heroism, 1860 - 1911 -- Fifty Years On: A Half-Century of Heroism -- 1914: The last Stand of he Thin Red Line -- The Middle Parts of Fortune: Heroism in Evolution, 1915 -1916 -- b1 sCourage Isn b2 st What it Used to be: b2 s Heroism Emerges From the Great War -- The Hero Comes Home From the War: The Institutionalization of Modern Heroism --Conclusion: The New Hero in Action, 1940 - 2006 -- Appendix -- Bibliography.

The Victoria Cross: the highest standard of valour. The exploits of its winners are the stuffof legend. But why was it instituted? What factors came together during the Crimean War to create this award? Since its inception 1,356 have been awarded, but the circumstances of warfarehave changedwand with them the very concept of heroism has evolved. Awarded for Valour traces the evolution of this concept from its originson the fields before Sevastopol, across the dashing campaigns of imperialexpansion and defence, where the concept of heroism was a curious combination of the romantic andthepragmatic (all held in place with a stiff upper lip) and into the cauldron of the First World War,from which a very different concept of heroism arose.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230583351

Standard No.: 10.1057/9780230583351doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

371968
Victoria Cross.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

336502
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: CR4885 / .S55 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 941

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