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Why They Fought: Combat Motivation: Iraq and Civil War Soldiers
Written on:April 27, 2011
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One common thread that this blog will deal with (from time to time) are the motivations of Civil War soldiers. I will take a look at the various “motivations” for: enlistment, re-enlistment, combat, ect. As we know the ideological nature of the average soldier has been the object of numerous studies. Bell Irvin Wiley’s early attempts, The Life of Johnny Reb & Billy Yank (1943, 1952), dealt with numerous basic…
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