Forces for Good? [electronic resource] : Military Masculinities and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan and Iraq /
Duncanson, C.author.
This book utilises the growing phenomenon of British soldier narratives from Iraq and Afghanistan to explore how British soldiers make sense of their role on these complex, multi-dimensional operations. It aims to intervene in the debates within critical feminist scholarship over whether soldiers can ever be agents of peace.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Glossary of Acronyms and Terms""; ""British Soldier Autobiographies""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Can Soldiers Ever Be Used to Achieve Peace? Feminists Debate Military Intervention""; ""3 What Can We Learn from Soldiersâ€? Narratives? Methodologies and Methods""; ""4 British Soldier Identities and the War-Fighting Ethos""; ""5 British Soldiers Doing and Undoing Empire in Iraq and Afghanistan""; ""6 Regendered Soldiers and the Transformation of Hegemonic Masculinity""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book utilises the growing phenomenon of British soldier narratives from Iraq and Afghanistan to explore how British soldiers make sense of their role on these complex, multi-dimensional operations. It aims to intervene in the debates within critical feminist scholarship over whether soldiers can ever be agents of peace.
Political science.
Sociology.
Peace.
Middle East—Politics and government.
Great Britain—Politics and government.
International relations.
Political Science.
Gender Studies.
Conflict Studies.
Middle Eastern Politics.
British Politics.
International Relations.