{"product_id":"when-soldiers-quit-bruce-watson-9780275952235","title":"When Soldiers Quit: Studies in Military Disintegration","description":"After an introduction showing three examples of military disintegration, the author examines six historical occurrences in depth: The India Mutiny of 1857; the 1917 French Army mutinies; the depredations following the British siege of San Sebastian, 1813; the surrender of the U.S. 106th Infantry Division in 1944; the Sand Creek Indian Massacre, 1864; and the My Lai massacre in 1968. The final chapter begins with a recapitulation of the four processes shown to be the foundations of disintegration--leadership failure, collapse of the units' internal primary groups, alienation, and desperation among the troops--and continues with an analysis of the crowd behaviors to which these processes give rise. The book ends with a brief discussion of the moral dilemma that disintegration imposes on military institutions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce Watson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0275952231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780275952235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.38w x 0.74d","brand":"Bruce Watson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47579571486975,"sku":"9780275952235","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c5168fd-ac2d-4f86-8b6c-455cf2e499ce.jpg?v=1763875123","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-soldiers-quit-bruce-watson-9780275952235","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}