Writing Veterans’ History: A Conversation on the Twentieth Century

Huxford, Grace; Alcalde, Ángel; Baines, Gary; Burtin, Olivier; Edele, Mark

doi:10.1080/07292473.2019.1566978

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“…This article analyses memoirs written by women ex-combatants in Uganda and assesses their role in knowledge production on security and peacebuilding. 2 Men’s military memoirs have played an important role in military history, and they have been critical in shaping our understandings of particular historical periods, such as the Napoleonic Wars (Lynn, 1997), World War I (Harari, 2005: 43–48) and many wars in the mid-to-late 20th century (Huxford et al, 2019). Contemporary memoirs written by women in African conflicts have not received similar levels of scholarly attention.…”

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Memoirs of women-in-conflict: Ugandan ex-combatants and the production of knowledge on security and peacebuilding

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Ebila

Almagro³

2022

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The limitations of conventional accounts of security and peacebuilding drawing upon the ‘expert’ knowledge of military elites, policymakers and civil society representatives have been widely recognized. This has led security and peacebuilding policymakers, including through the United Nations Women, Peace and Security agenda, to search for alternative forms of knowledge, such as memoirs, photographs or oral histories, that better reflect lived experiences within local communities. Building on existing work on memoirs as knowledge production artefacts and on feminist security studies, this article demystifies experiential security knowledge through an analysis of three memoirs written by women ex-combatants in Uganda. We argue that while the memoirs offer complex and contradictory narratives about women ex-combatants, they are also the products of transnational mediated processes, whereby the interests of power translate complex narratives into consolidated representations and sturdy tropes of the abducted African woman ex-combatant. This means that although the three memoirs provide some hints as to transformative ways of thinking about security and peace, and offer dynamic accounts of personal experiences, they also reflect the politics of dominant representational practices.

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Memoirs of women-in-conflict: Ugandan ex-combatants and the production of knowledge on security and peacebuilding

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2022

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Veterans, Families and the Domestic Geopolitics of Remembering War

Benwell

2024

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G.I. Bill of Rights: Impact on the Image of the Veteran in Collective Consciousness

Bazaieva

2021

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The article explores the incipience of veterans' policies in the United States of America during 1940-1956. This period is notable in veterans' history. This is caused not only by social realities after World War II but by the implementation of brand-new fundamental principles in process of forming veterans' policies. These principles opened a new page in interactions between the government and the veteran community. The article analyzes drafting the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill of Rights, as well as public discussions around it initiated by President Roosevelt's Administration. One of the main actors of the process was American Legion, influential conservative veterans' organization. The law presented by Legion was passed by Congress. The Act took effect on June 22, 1944, and lasted until 1956. G.I. Bill of Rights guaranteed numerous benefits for veterans in variable spheres of social policies, including medical care, education, housing and business loans, unemployment compensations. The most significant effect had educational programs of G.I. Bill. About 8 million American veterans, including women and African Americans, exercised their right to attend schools, colleges, and universities. Educational programs had great implications both for the veterans' population and social affairs, especially the educational system in the United States. Higher education became more widespread and democratic after the implementation of the G.I. Bill. World War II veterans had the opportunity to realize their potential in different fields, in particular in the political area. G.I. Bill of Rights had a great impact on forming the image of the veteran in the USA. The Act demonstrated the new role of veterans' policies in the context of government activities. Besides, thanks to the educational programs of the G.I. Bill veteran community became a proactive social group that played an important role in the US policy-making in the second half of the 20th century.

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Writing Veterans’ History: A Conversation on the Twentieth Century

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Memoirs of women-in-conflict: Ugandan ex-combatants and the production of knowledge on security and peacebuilding

Memoirs of women-in-conflict: Ugandan ex-combatants and the production of knowledge on security and peacebuilding

Veterans, Families and the Domestic Geopolitics of Remembering War

G.I. Bill of Rights: Impact on the Image of the Veteran in Collective Consciousness

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