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OverviewThe Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) was created in 1917, re-formed in 1938 and maintained after 1945. This book determines for the first time the reasons for the expansion and contraction of the service and the impact key individuals had on it and in turn the influence it had on its members. Hannah Roberts offers new insights into a previously little studied British military institution, which celebrates its centenary in 2017. She shows how political and military decision-making within the fluctuating national security situation, coupled with a growing cultural acceptability of women taking on military roles, allowed for the growth of the service in World War II into realms never expected of women. Although it shared a similar pattern in its formation to the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) and had a similar ethos to its Air Force counterpart, the WAAF, the WRNS took on a wider-ranging role in the war, in part due to the latitude afforded to the service because of its uniquely independent origins. From 1941 onward the WRNS spread internationally and subverted the combat taboo by adopting semi-combatant roles. Using twenty-one new oral histories and a multitude of archived personal documents, this book demonstrates the pivotal importance of the Women's Royal Naval Service in both the world wars. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hannah Roberts (Godalming College, UK)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Weight: 0.349kg ISBN: 9780755601981ISBN 10: 075560198 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 12 December 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsTable of figures Abbreviations and terminology Introduction Chapter 1 The creation of the World War One WRNS Chapter 2 The World War One WRNS: 1917-1919 Chapter 3 The re-creation of the WRNS Chapter 4 April 1939-1941: management and growth of the `civilian' service Chapter 5 Becoming a Wren: meritocracy over social position Chapter 6 Subversion of the combat taboo Chapter 7 Social perceptions and relationships in the service Postscript: The service post-war and the impact on the Wrens Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationHannah Roberts holds a PhD in War Studies from King's College London. She is Head of Sociology at Godalming College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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