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Militarizing Men

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ENGA state's ability to maintain mandatory conscription and wage war rests on the idea that a "real man" is one who has served in the military. Yet masculinity has no inherent ties to militarism. T...
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A state's ability to maintain mandatory conscription and wage war rests on the idea that a "real man" is one who has served in the military. Yet masculinity has no inherent ties to militarism. The link between men and the military, argues Maya Eichler, must be produced and reproduced in order to fill the ranks, engage in combat, and mobilize the population behind war.
In the context of Russia's post-communist transition and the Chechen wars, men's militarization has been challenged and reinforced. Eichler uncovers the challenges by exploring widespread draft evasion and desertion, anti-draft and anti-war activism led by soldiers' mothers, and the general lack of popular support for the Chechen wars. However, the book also identifies channels through which militarized gender identities have been reproduced. Eichler's empirical and theoretical study of masculinities in international relations applies for the first time the concept of "militarized masculinity," developed by feminist IR scholars, to the case of Russia.


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В этой книге подробно исследуется окончание Тихоокеанской войны в контексте международного положения. Тщательному анализу подвергнуты сложные взаимоотношения между тремя основными участниками конфликта: Соединенными Штатами, Советским Союзом и Японией. В книге автор показывает, что Сталин был активным участником драмы под названием «Капитуляция Японии», а вовсе не находился на второстепенных ролях, как ранее полагали историки. Также в ней дается более полная картина того, при каких обстоятельствах было принято решение об атомных бомбардировках Японии. Наконец, в этой книге описывается бурная деятельность, проводившаяся Сталиным между 15 августа, когда Япония согласилась на безоговорочную капитуляцию, и 5 сентября, когда завершилась операция советских войск на Курилах. Книга предназначена как историкам, так и всем интересующимся периодом Второй мировой войны и международными отношениями в целом.

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Price: $30.00
Pages: 282
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Imprint: BiblioRossica
Series: Contemporary Western Rusistika
Publication Date: 03 May 2022
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9798887190792
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Peace studies & conflict resolution, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, International relations, Warfare & defence
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Maya Eichler is an Associate Professor in Political and Canadian Studies and Women’s Studies at MSVU. She holds the Canada Research Chair in Social Innovation and Community Engagement and leads the Centre for Social Innovation and Community Engagement in Military Affairs at MSVU. Dr. Eichler is interested in social change and citizen engagement in the military and security sphere, with a particular emphasis on the role of gender. Dr. Eichler currently conducts research on gender, sexual violence, and the armed forces, the transition from military to civilian life, and community stories of war and peace.