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Rum, sodomy, prayers, and the lash revisited : Winston Churchill and social reform in the Royal Navy, 1900-1915 /

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'Naval tradition? Naval tradition? Monstrous. Nothing but rum, sodomy, prayers and the lash.' This quotation, from Winston Churchill, is frequently dismissed as apocryphal or a jest, but, interestingly, all four of the areas of naval life singled out in it were ones that were subject to ma...

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Main Author: Seligmann, Matthew S., 1967- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > History > 20th century.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > Rum ration.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy.
Sailors > Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century.
Social problems > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Naval art and science > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 20th century.
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