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A Higher Duty

Desertion among Georgia Troops during the Civil War

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This book addresses the most important issues associated with Confederate desertion. How many soldiers actually deserted, when did they desert, and why? What does Confederate desertion say about Confederate nationalism and the war effort? Mark A. Weitz has taken his argument beyond the obvious reasons for desertion–that war is a horrific and cruel experience—and examined the emotional and psychological reasons that might induce a soldier to desert. Just as loyalty to his fellow soldiers might influence a man to charge into a hail of lead, loyalty to his wife and family could also lead him to risk a firing squad in order to return home.

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A Higher Duty, Mark A. Weitz

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Erscheinungsdatum
2000
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Titel
A Higher Duty
Untertitel
Desertion among Georgia Troops during the Civil War
Sprache
Englisch
Autor*innen
Mark A. Weitz
Erscheinungsdatum
2000
Einband
Hardcover
Seitenzahl
230
ISBN10
0803247915
ISBN13
9780803247918
Reihe
Beschreibung
This book addresses the most important issues associated with Confederate desertion. How many soldiers actually deserted, when did they desert, and why? What does Confederate desertion say about Confederate nationalism and the war effort? Mark A. Weitz has taken his argument beyond the obvious reasons for desertion–that war is a horrific and cruel experience—and examined the emotional and psychological reasons that might induce a soldier to desert. Just as loyalty to his fellow soldiers might influence a man to charge into a hail of lead, loyalty to his wife and family could also lead him to risk a firing squad in order to return home.