Echoes of Success: Identity and the Highland Regiments

Ian Stuart Kelly

ISBN 10: 9004292187 / ISBN 13: 9789004292185

Published by Brill Apr 2015, 2015

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Neuware - In Echoes of Success, Ian Stuart Kelly uses new information about late Victorian Scottish Highland battalions to provide new insights into how groups identify themselves, and pass that sense on to successive generations of soldiers.Kelly applies concepts from organisational theory (the study of how organisations function) to demonstrate how soldiers' experiences create a 'blueprint' of expected behaviours and thought patterns that contribute to their battalion's continued success. This model manages the interplay between public perception and actual life experiences more effectively than current approaches to understanding identity. Also, Kelly's primary research offers a more certain description of soldiers' life, faith, education, and discipline than has previously been available.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Echoes of Success: Identity and the Highland Regiments
• Publisher: Brill Apr 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004292187
• ISBN 13: 9789004292185
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 161H x 22D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 526 grams

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Synopsis

In Echoes of Success, Ian Stuart Kelly uses new information about late Victorian Scottish Highland battalions to provide new insights into how groups identify themselves, and pass that sense on to successive generations of soldiers.
Kelly applies concepts from organisational theory (the study of how organisations function) to demonstrate how soldiers’ experiences create a ‘blueprint’ of expected behaviours and thought patterns that contribute to their battalion’s continued success. This model manages the interplay between public perception and actual life experiences more effectively than current approaches to understanding identity. Also, Kelly’s primary research offers a more certain description of soldiers’ life, faith, education, and discipline than has previously been available.

About the Author

Ian Stuart Kelly, Ph.D. (2007, University of Aberdeen) is a historian for the Gordon Highlanders Museum. He has presented at military history conferences in North America and Europe, and has contributed to multiple world history projects.