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Combatant Courage on the Western Front.

No human characteristic has a greater impact on the outcome of military endeavour than courage. Dr Edward Madigan, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, explores how frontline soldiers conceived combatant courage on the Western Front, the role of humour and the rejection of victimhood.

Date Published: 29 October 2012
Contributors:
Edward Madigan
Keywords:
war, History, military, Western Front, world war one, #greatwriters
Source:
University of Oxford Podcasts
Cite: The Better Part of Valour by Edward Madigan at http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via http://writersinspire.org/content/better-part-valour. Published on 29 October 2012. Accessed on 21 November 2024.

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