The Impact of Military Service in World War I on Africans
The Nandi of Kenya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3200054 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lewis J Greenstein (Moravian University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 495-507 |
| Publication date | 1978-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x0000255x |
| OpenAlex | W2142230686 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 6 |
It is widely believed that old soldiers are a problem. At least since the beginning of this century, western governments have been concerned with the issue of 'helping' veterans to readjust to civilian life upon their return from campaigning. It is assumed that these men would, if left to their own devices, find it difficult or impossible to 'pick up from where they had left off', and might, therefore, become a subversive element in the general population. Hence, one of the largest bureaucracies in the United States is the Veterans Administration which is charged with fitting ex-soldiers back into society. To a certain extent the concerns over whether they would be satisfied after their demobilisation have proved to be justified. The dislocations experienced by returned American servicemen after World War II were illustrated by popular films like 'The Best Years of Our Lives'. More recently, the American press paid considerable attention to the rôle of the black veterans of Vietnam in the violence which destroyed much of Newark, Detroit, and Watts in the late 1960s
Administration (probate law · Bureaucracy · Civilian population · Criminology · Demobilization · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Element (criminal law · Military service · Political science · Politics · Population · Service (business · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Vietnam War · World War II · African history and culture studies · Demography · Law
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2019 (37) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |