"Four-Legged Poilus": French Army Dogs, Emotional Practices and the Creation of Militarized Human-Dog Bonds, 1871–1918.
This article explores the militarization of dogs in France from the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian war to the Armistice of 1918. Following the defeat of Germany in 1871, a handful of French army officers promoted dogs as essential military auxiliaries that would compensate for deficiencies in Fren...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Social History Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 731 - 761 |
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