LEADER 03133nam 2200481 450 001 9910136633103321 005 20230810001110.0 010 $a90-04-33024-0 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004330245 035 $a(CKB)3710000000894493 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4715190 035 $a 2016044568 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004330245 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000894493 100 $a20161020h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aOn military memoirs $ea quantitative comparison of international Afghanistan War autobiographies, 2001-2010 /$fby L.H.E. (Esmeralda) Kleinreesink 210 1$aLeiden, The Netherlands ;$aBoston, [Massachusetts] :$cBrill,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (402 pages) $cillustrations, charts, tables 225 1 $aEgodocuments and History Series,$x1873-653X ;$vVolume 10 311 $a90-04-32253-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aPreliminary Material -- Introduction: Who, What and Why -- Theory: Egodocuments and the Military -- Methodology: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods for Autobiographical Research -- Context: The Missions in Afghanistan -- Who Writes and Publishes Soldiers? Stories? -- Who Writes and Publishes Soldiers? Stories? -- Why Do Soldier-Authors Write? -- Conclusion: Profiling the Soldier-Author -- Reflections: Some Personal Notes on How to Proceed -- The Fifty-Four Books -- Appendices -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index. 330 $aWinner of the Caforio prize for the best book in armed forces and civil-military relations published between 2015 and 2016 In On Military Memoirs Esmeralda Kleinreesink offers insight into military books: who were their writers and publishers, what were their plots, and what motives did their authors have for writing them. Every Afghanistan war autobiography published in the US, the UK, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands between 2001 and 2010 is compared quantitatively and qualitatively. On Military Memoirs shows that soldier-authors are a special breed; that self-published books still cater to different markets than traditionally published ones; that cultural differences are clearly visible between warrior nations and non-warrior nations; that not every contemporary memoir is a disillusionment story; and that writing is serious business for soldiers wanting to change the world. The book provides an innovative example of how to use interdisciplinary, mixed-method, cross-cultural research to analyse egodocuments. 410 0$aEgodocuments and history series ;$vVolume 10. 606 $aAfghan War, 2001-$vPersonal narratives 606 $aAfghan War, 2001-$vBibliography 615 0$aAfghan War, 2001- 615 0$aAfghan War, 2001- 676 $a958.1047092 700 $aKleinreesink$b Esmeralda$01244294 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136633103321 996 $aOn military memoirs$92886565 997 $aUNINA