Jaremey R. McMullin asks: can militarized attachment—to barracks nostalgia and to the irreverent humor and communal nudity of basic training—be mobilized as a counter-violent maneuver (e.g., as suicide prevention)? And, how can research on veterans accommodate the complex simultaneity of their re-/de-militarizing moves?
Read MoreJulia Welland reflects on the liberal warrior and its specific embodiment of masculinity that became the dominant frame of reference for understanding the conflict, and the centrality of this subjectivity engendered particular visibilities.
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