Living politics after war: Ex-combatants and veterans coming home

✍ Scribed by Johanna Söderström

Publisher: Manchester University Press
Year: 2020
Tongue: English
Leaves: 220
Series: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book is about how former combatants live politics as they come home from war. Building on life histories from three very different wars, this book demonstrates how veteran identities, networks, war experiences and coming home experiences together make up a life of politics for former combatants.

✦ Table of Contents

Front matter
Contents
List of figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Diverse wars and combatants
Coming home and living peace?
“Veteran” as a political identity
Veteran networks throughout a lifetime
Paths of mobilization
Conclusion
List of personal interviews
References
Index

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