War Veterans and the World after 1945
Cold War Politics, Decolonization, Memory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19939544 |
|---|---|
| Editors | Ángel Alcalde (0000-0003-4048-812X), Xosé M Núñez Seixas |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 256 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-29 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | War Veterans and the World After 1945 (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781351119986 |
| OpenAlex | W3002479608 |
| Open Library | OL53959366M |
| ISBN | 9781351119986 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This book examines war veterans’ history after 1945 from a global perspective. In the Cold War era, in most countries of the world there was a sizeable portion of population with direct war experience. This edited volume gathers contributions which show the veterans’ involvement in all the major historical processes shaping the world after World War II. Cold War politics, racial conflict, decolonization, state-building, and the reshaping of war memory were phenomena in which former soldiers and ex-combatants were directly involved. By examining how different veterans’ groups, movements and organizations challenged or sustained the Cold War, strived to prevent or to foster decolonization, and transcended or supported official memories of war, the volume characterizes veterans as largely independent and autonomous actors which interacted with societies and states in the making of our times. Spanning historical cases from the United States to Hong-Kong, from Europe to Southern Africa, from Algeria to Iran, the volume situates veterans within the turbulent international context since World War II
Asymmetric warfare · Cold war · Context (archaeology) · Decolonization · Economic history · Military operations other than war · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Vietnam War · World War II · African history and culture studies · History · Law · 1939-1945 · 20th century · 21st century · Anciens combattants · Discrimination & Race Relations · Military art and science · Military history · Minority Studies · modern · Modern History · Naval History · Social Science · Veterans · War and society · World War
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2020 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |