{"product_id":"identity-motivation-and-memory-sarah-kayss-9780367479008","title":"Identity, Motivation and Memory: The Role of History in the British and German Forces","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the connection between British and German officer cadets' perceptions of the past and their motivations for enlisting in the military forces in the United Kingdom and Germany. Drawing upon qualitative interviews and survey data conducted at officers' academies in the UK and Germany, the author offers a comparative analysis using differing approaches towards history and memory in Britain and Germany, while considering the roles of individual goals and societal orientations in the decision to enlist. Employing the notion of pragmatic professionalism, which reflects the fact that occupational and institutional reasons for enlisting are not opposite points on a single scale, \u003ci\u003eProfessionalism, Memory and Identity \u003c\/i\u003eexamines history-orientated reasons for enlistment by shedding light on officer cadets' values, beliefs and wider cultural understandings of the past. With attention to differences in motivation as a result of differing national backgrounds and former military training, as well as the extent to which these divergences contribute to the emergence of different types of soldiers in the two countries, this comparative, international study will appeal to scholars of sociology, politics and war studies with interests in the military profession and the role of history in contemporary Britain and Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Kayss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367479001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367479008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.48d","brand":"Sarah Kayss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48136011186431,"sku":"9780367479008","price":62.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff8e6ffe-5f73-4b8e-b531-dcb113c0e7b6.jpg?v=1770159917","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/identity-motivation-and-memory-sarah-kayss-9780367479008","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}