Killer Butterflies: Combat, Psychology and Morale in the British 19th (Western) Division 1915-18

by James Roberts

In this ground-breaking work, James Roberts examines the willingness and ability of British volunteer and conscript infantrymen of the Great War to perform the soldier's fundamental role: to kill or maim the enemy, and accept the attendant chance of being killed or wounded. The literature to date has been, paradoxically, somewhat silent on the soldier's part in the act of killing. This study recovers this neglected narrative through the experiences...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911512242
• ISBN13: 9781911512240
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"