TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lord,Matthew J.
TI  - British Concepts of Heroic "Gallantry" and the Sixties Transition: The Politics of Medals 
SN  - 1000382397
AV  - CR4801 
U1  - 355.1/34 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Decorations of honor
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Heroism
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Military decorations
KW  - Sociology, Military
KW  - Social values
KW  - HISTORY / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
KW  - HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
N2  - This book examines the relationship between concepts of heroic "gallantry," as projected by the British honours system, and the sociocultural, political, military and international transitions of the supposed Sixties "cultural revolution." In so doing, it considers how a conservative, hierarchical and state-orientated concept both evolved and endured during a period of immense change in which traditional assumptions of deference to elites were increasingly challenged. Covering the period often defined as "The Long Sixties," from 1955-79, this study concentrates on four distinct transitions undergone by both state and non-state gallantry awards, including developments within the welfare state, class and gender discrimination, counterinsurgency and decolonisation. It ultimately sheds fresh light upon the importance of postwar decades to the continued evolution of concepts of gallantry and heroism in British culture using a range of underexplored government and media archives. It will be of interest to scholars, students and general researchers of heroism in modern Britain, the Sixties revolution, postwar military history and both the social and political evolution of British honours, decorations and medals
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003169161
UR  - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
ER  -