Identity, Motivation and Memory: The Role of History in the British and German Forces

ISBN-13: 9781138589155 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 214 str.

Sarah Katharina Kayss

Opis

This book explores the connection between British and German officer cadets’ perceptions of the past and their motivations for enlisting for the professional, military forces in the United Kingdom and Germany. Drawing on 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, whilst considering the roles of individual goals and societal orientations in the decision to enlist.

O autorze

Sarah Katharina Kayss received her PhD at the War Studies Department at King’s College London. She has studied Modern History and worked as a lecturer in War and Conflict Studies. Her main research interest is the development of European defence in the twenty-first century and the role of memory in contemporary societies.