Between Mutiny and Obedience: The Case of the French Fifth Infantry Division during World War I
By Leonard V. Smith (NHC Fellow, 1993–94) Literary and historical conventions have long painted the experience of soldiers during World War I as simple victimization. Leonard Smith, however, argues that a complex dialogue of resistance and negotiation existed between French soldiers and their own commanders. In this case study of wartime military culture, Smith analyzes … Continued