Valour Reconsidered: Inquiries into the Victoria Cross & Other Awards for Extreme Bravery

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Robin Brass Studio, Inc, 2010

1896941478 / 9781896941479

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The Victoria Cross is the most famous decoration for bravery in the world, its prestige rivalled only by the Medal of Honor. Other awards recognise courage in dangerous (but not combat) circumstances, among them the George Cross and Canada's Cross of Valour. But how is bravery measured? Is valour in the presence of an enemy more deserving than valour away from combat? Do all brave persons receive the honours they deserve? Where does duty end and above the call of duty begin? Has courage sometimes been confused with recklessness? This book examines recommendations for VCs and similar awards, asking why some were approved and some not. It explores factors such as service politics, evolving perceptions extreme danger and the role of personalities who sponsored or opposed recommendations. The author questions campaigns to award posthumous honours years after the event in attempts to rewrite history. Such lobbying in the United States resulted in bestowal of the Medal of Honor on Theodore Roosevelt 82 years after his death. Similar actions are proposed in the case of VCs for Australian, British and New Zealand heroes decades after the First and Second World Wars, purportedly to re-right historic injustices. Halliday revisits the controversy of Billy Bishop's VC (1917) and sheds new light on VCs awarded after the 1942 Dieppe Raid. He includes a provocative chapter on Canadian honours and awards, suggesting that current Canadian definitions of valour and service are more generous than those prevailing in other countries. Copyright © Robin Brass Studio, Inc.…

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Titolo
Valour Reconsidered: Inquiries into the Victoria Cross & Other Awards for Extreme Bravery
Autore
Hugh A Halliday
Editore
Robin Brass Studio, Inc
Anno di pubblicazione
2010
Condizione
Good
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1896941478
ISBN 13
9781896941479

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