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020			_a9780511781124 (ebook)
020			_z9780521877145 (hardback)
020			_z9780521700740 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aU328.G7 _bM37 2010
082	0	0	_a355.1/2 _222
100	1		_aMason, Tony, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSport and the Military : _bThe British Armed Forces 1880–1960 / _cTony Mason, Eliza Riedi.
246	3		_aSport & the Military
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_a1 online resource (298 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aOn battleships, behind the trenches of the Western Front and in the midst of the Desert War, British servicemen and women have played sport in the least promising circumstances. When 400 soldiers were asked in Burma in 1946 what they liked about the Army, 108 put sport in first place - well ahead of comradeship and leave - and this book explores the fascinating history of organised sport in the life of officers and other ranks of all three British services from 1880–1960. Drawing on a wide range of sources, this book examines how organised sport developed in the Victorian army and navy, became the focus of criticism for Edwardian army reformers, and was officially adopted during the Great War to boost morale and esprit de corps. It shows how service sport adapted to the influx of professional sportsmen, especially footballers, during the Second World War and the National Service years.
700	1		_aRiedi, Eliza, _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521877145
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511781124
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38649 _d38649