Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The growth of service sport, 1880–1914
- 2 Officer sports and their critics, 1880–1914
- 3 Sport in the Great War
- 4 The amateur era, 1919–39
- 5 Soldiers, sailors and civilians
- 6 A different kind of war
- 7 The national service years: the summit of military sport?
- Conclusion
- Select bibliography
- Index
- References
Select bibliography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The growth of service sport, 1880–1914
- 2 Officer sports and their critics, 1880–1914
- 3 Sport in the Great War
- 4 The amateur era, 1919–39
- 5 Soldiers, sailors and civilians
- 6 A different kind of war
- 7 The national service years: the summit of military sport?
- Conclusion
- Select bibliography
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Sport and the MilitaryThe British Armed Forces 1880–1960, pp. 264 - 282Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010
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