Navies

Bromley, J.S.; Ryan, A. N.

doi:10.1017/chol9780521075244.027

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“…Reliance for national defence was placed primarily upon naval supremacy (Robson, 1957). Nevertheless, in the eighteenth century, as the British Empire emerged globally, recruitment to the navy was often forced using the institution of 'press ganging' sailors at the main Channel ports in the south of England (Bromley & Ryan, 1970).…”

Section: Football and The Military In Contemporary Britain: An Explormentioning

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Football and the Military in Contemporary Britain

Penn¹,

Berridge

2016

Armed Forces & Society

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The paper explores the relationship between football and the military in contemporary Britain. This is situated within longstanding cultural and historical templates. It is based on observations conducted mainly in 2014 and 2015 and incorporates visual data (photographs) as part of the analysis. The primary focus is on English professional football and ranges from the 2014 and 2015 F.A. Cup finals to more local manifestations of the link between football and the military at Bolton Wanderers and Carlisle United. There has been a recent intensification of the traditional links between football, the military, the monarchy and the Established Church which embody a renewed form of nationalism. The paper dates the initial change to the Falklands War in 1982 and reveals how the more recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have reinforced this pattern. Underlying the analysis is a complex conceptual/theoretical issue which centres on how the phenomena examined are generally invisible. This reveals the power of the dominant ideological assumptions that underpin these developments.

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Section: Football and The Military In Contemporary Britain: An Explormentioning

confidence: 99%