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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786897603321

Autore

Ahlbäck Anders

Titolo

Manhood and the making of the military : conscription, military service and masculinity in Finland, 1917-39 / / by Anders Ahlbäck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-317-10123-5

1-138-70724-4

1-315-59370-X

1-317-10122-7

1-4094-5750-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Disciplina

355.2/236309489709041

Soggetti

Draft - Finland

Sociology, Military - Finland

Soldiers - Finland - History - 20th century

Masculinity - Finland

Finland Armed Forces History 20th century

Finland Armed Forces Military life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; 1Introduction; 2The Politics of Conscription; 3War Heroes as War Teachers; 4Educating the Citizen-Soldier; 5Stories and Memories of Soldiering; 6Manhood and the Contested Making of the Military; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The creation of Finland's national conscription army in the wake of its independence from Russia in 1917 aroused intense but conflicting emotions. This book examines the struggles of a new army to find popular acceptance and support, and explores the ways that images of manhood were used in the controversies. Ahlbäck places the situation of interwar Finland within a broad European context to reveal the conflicts surrounding compulsory military service and the impact of the Great War on masculinities and constructions of gender.