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Manhood and the Making of the Military Conscription, Military Service and Masculinity in Finland, 1917–39
By Anders Ahlbäck
Copyright 2014
276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
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When Finland gained its independence from Russia in 1917, the country had not had a military for almost two decades. The ensuing creation of a new national conscript army aroused intense but conflicting emotions among the Finns. This book examines how a modern conscript army, born out of a civil war, had to struggle through social, cultural and political minefields to find popular acceptance.... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Politics of Conscription; Chapter 3 War Heroes as War Teachers; Chapter 4 Educating the Citizen-Soldier; Chapter 5 Stories and Memories of Soldiering; Chapter 6 Manhood and the Contested Making of the Military;
Biography
Dr Anders Ahlbäck is a post-doctoral researcher and teacher in Gender History and Masculinity Studies at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. He is author of several articles and essays on masculinity and the military in early twentieth century Finland, and is currently researching anti-military political sentiment and changing notions of male citizenship in the Nordic countries, ca 1900-1940.
