God and the British Soldier

Taylor & Francis

God and the British SoldierReligion and the British Army in the First and Second World Wars\nAuthor(s): Michael Snape\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415196772, 978-0415196772\nSynopsis\nDrawing on a wealth of new material from military, ecclesiastical and secular civilian archives, Michael Snape presents a study of the experience of the officers and men of Britains vast citizen armies, and also of the numerous religious agencies which ministered to them.\n\nHistorians of the First and Second World Wars have consistently underestimated the importance of religion in Britain during the war years, but this book shows that religion had much greater currency and influence in twentieth-century British society than has previously been realised.\n\nSnape argues that religion provided a key component of military morale and national identity in both the First and Second World Wars, and demonstrates that, contrary to accep.