Youth, Heroism And War Propaganda: Britain And The Young Maritime Hero, 1745-1820 (Bloomsbury Studies In Military History)

Youth, Heroism and Naval Propaganda explores the young maritime hero became a major new figure of war propaganda in the second half of the long eighteenth century. At that time, Britain was searching for a new national identity, and the young maritime hero and his exploits conjured images of vigour, energy, enthusiasm and courage. Adopted as centrepiece in a campaign of concerted war-propaganda leading up to the Battle of Trafalgar, the young hero came to represent much that was quintessentially British at this major turning-point in the Nation's history. By drawing on a wide range of sources, this study shows how the young hero gave maritime youth a symbolic power which it had never before had in Britain. It offers a valuable contribution to the field of British military and naval history, as well as the study of British identity, youth, heroism and propaganda.

• • Author: D. A. B. Ronald
• • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• • Publication Date: Apr 23, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 304 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1472530829
• • ISBN-13: 9781472530820