Awarded for Valour_ A History of the Victoria Cross and the Evolution of the British Concept of Heroism
EIGHT ‘Courage isn’t what it used to be’: Heroism Emerges from the Great War, 1917–1918 T he British Army survived the dubious v ...
HEROISM EMERGES FROM THE GREAT WAR 153 little value in continuing the slaughter on the Western Front for little result, and advo ...
154 AWARDED FOR VALOUR opinion, would then appeal to the country, and might possibly emerge as a dictator.’^9 Haig, however, hel ...
HEROISM EMERGES FROM THE GREAT WAR 155 went according to plan, the main element would continue to the southeast, ultimately link ...
156 AWARDED FOR VALOUR Note the common factors in these two citations. The hero killed the enemy. The hero contributed to the su ...
HEROISM EMERGES FROM THE GREAT WAR 157 objective he had only one sergeant and four men. Nothing daunted he at once bombed a larg ...
158 AWARDED FOR VALOUR This fictional order was a stark reflection of Haig’s vision of warfare. From the outset of the war he di ...
HEROISM EMERGES FROM THE GREAT WAR 159 I am in agreement that the Victoria Cross should not be awarded for the rescue of woun ...
160 AWARDED FOR VALOUR Somme campaign, and in the absence of conclusive documentary evidence it is impossible to assign primary ...
HEROISM EMERGES FROM THE GREAT WAR 161 Table 8.2 The cost of courage, 1917: casualties per quarter Quarter Jan.–Mar. April–June ...
162 AWARDED FOR VALOUR Once again, the number of Crosses given for taking the war to the enemy far outnumbered those given for s ...
HEROISM EMERGES FROM THE GREAT WAR 163 Table 8.4 The cost of courage, 1918: casualties per quarter Quarter Jan.–Mar. April–June ...
164 AWARDED FOR VALOUR its function. A machine does not feel compassion or remorse. Neither did the heroic ideal that emerged fr ...
NINE The Hero Comes Home from the War: The Institutionalization of Modern Heroism T he Great War was a watershed for society, po ...
166 AWARDED FOR VALOUR provisionally, noting none of which were possible in modern warfare. He didn’t see a problem with the wor ...
THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF MODERN HEROISM 167 Technological changes and the concept of total war had made these consid- eration ...
168 AWARDED FOR VALOUR Three nurses recently received the Military Medal ‘for conspicuous bravery under fire, on No. 27 Ambulanc ...
THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF MODERN HEROISM 169 that it would be important to insure that high standards were maintained governin ...
170 AWARDED FOR VALOUR not have been awarded a V.C., but if the hysterical female world is to be allowed in, God help the poor d ...
THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF MODERN HEROISM 171 When the ‘Committee on Co-Ordination etc. of Warrants Relating to the V.C.’ conve ...
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