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'Boredom is the Enemy' - The Intellectual and Imaginative Lives of Australian Soldiers in the Great War and Beyond (Paperback)
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'Boredom is the Enemy' - The Intellectual and Imaginative Lives of Australian Soldiers in the Great War and Beyond (Paperback)
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War is often characterised as one percent terror, 99 per cent
boredom. Whilst much ink has been spilt on the one per cent,
relatively little work has been directed toward the other 99 per
cent of a soldier's time. As such, this book will be welcomed by
those seeking a fuller understanding of what makes soldiers endure
war, and how they cope with prolonged periods of inaction. It
explores the issue of military boredom and investigates how
soldiers spent their time when not engaged in battle, work or
training through a study of their creative, imaginative and
intellectual lives. It examines the efforts of military authorities
to provide solutions to military boredom (and the problem of
discipline and morale) through the provisioning of entertainment
and education, but more importantly explores the ways in which
soldiers responded to such efforts, arguing that soldiers used
entertainment and education in ways that suited them. The focus in
the book is on Australians and their experiences, primarily during
the First World War, but with subsequent chapters taking the story
through the Second World War to the Vietnam War. This focus on a
single national group allows questions to be raised about what
might (or might not) be exceptional about the experiences of a
particular national group, and the ways national identity can shape
an individual's relationship and engagement with education and
entertainment. It can also suggest the continuities and changes in
these experiences through the course of three wars. The story of
Australians at war illuminates a much broader story of the
experience of war and people's responses to war in the twentieth
century.
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