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- Gender Studies, Military Veterans, Political Science, Feminist International Relations

This article is a conversation between five specialists of veterans’ history on the current direction of the field and its importance to the study of war and society. The discussants offer an an overview of current methodologies, definitions and historiographical approaches. Concentrating on the experiences of twentieth-century veterans (particularly after 1945) and using a diverse range of case studies from across the world, this article also asks what connections bound veteran communities together, and how we as historians might conceptualise veterans: as a class, as a collective, or as a far looser grouping of individuals? Finally, this article explores what distinguishes veteranhood after 1945 and the evolving relationship between veterans and the memory of conflict.

- by Olivier Burtin
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- History, European History, Military History, Modern History

Aim. This paper is a report of a study conducted to describe the military nurses' post-deployment experiences and their meaning.

- by Brenda Elliott
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- Military Veterans
- by Nathaniel Moir
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- History, Military Science, Strategy (Military Science), International Relations
- by Micah C Wright
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- Military Veterans, Combat Veterans, Veterans Issues, Combat PTSD

Objective. Prolonged exposure (PE) and cognitive processing therapy (CPT) –
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatments now available at the Veterans Health
Administration (VHA) – expose the provider to graphic traumatic material. Little is known
about the impact of traumatic material on VHA providers. The purpose of this study was
to examine the relationship between trauma content, patient characteristics, and burnout
among VHA PTSD Clinical Team (PCT) providers. It was hypothesized that trauma
content and patient characteristics would significantly predict burnout in this population.
Design. This cross-sectional study consisted of 137 participants. The sample was mostly
female (67%), Caucasian (non-Hispanic; 81%), and married (70%) with a mean age of
44.3 years (SD = 11.3).
Methods. Participants completed an electronic survey that assessed demographics,
patient characteristics (i.e., anger, personality disorder, malingering), trauma content
characteristics (e.g., killing of women and children) as well as burnout as measured by the
Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS; Maslach et al., 1996, Burnout
inventory manual. Palo Alto: Consulting Psychologist Press).
Results. Over half of the study population reported being bothered by trauma content;
however, trauma content did not predict burnout. Treating patients with personality
disorders and suspected malingering predicted burnout in PCT providers. High numbers
(77%) reported perceiving that emotional exhaustion impacted the quality of care they
provided.
Conclusion. These findings suggest an important role of burnout assessment,
prevention, and treatment strategies at the VHA.

- by hector garcia and +1
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- Military Veterans, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Prolonged Exposure, Cognitive Processing Therapy
- by Eileen Ahlin and +1
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- Military Veterans, Veterans Treatment Courts

Based on the analysis of files from the Department of Defence, and drawing on interviews with veterans and on their associations' press, the article focuses on the Algerian War National Memorial in Paris, its long gestation and particularly its double, paradoxical status: that it is at the same time new and old, post-ideological and hyper-ideological. Thanks to its palimpsest configuration, this 'third millennium memorial' — as it was described by its creator (the artist Gérard Collin-Thiébaut) — has demonstrated itself to be perfectly tuned to that peculiar mode of relationship to the past that we can define as 'postmodern', a mode that is characteristic of what historian François Hartog called the presentist 'regime of historicity'.

- by Andrea Brazzoduro
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- Military Veterans, Combat Veterans, History and Memory, Algerian war

Veterans are having a difficult time re-integrating back into the civilian sector following their service, with nearly 44% reporting some type of problem (Morin, 2011). The experienced stress and resultant strain associated with this re-integration may be caused by an incongruence between veterans’ military identities and their civilian work environments, a form of strain we term Veteran Identity Strain (Vet-IS). To better understand the experienced strain associated with incongruent veteran and civilian work identities, we examine the effects of military rank on Vet-IS, the moderating role of political skill on the relationship between rank and Vet-IS, and how this relationship affects the outcomes of work intensity and vigor. A mediated moderation analysis of 251 veterans provided support for most study hypotheses, which predicted that rank would have an indirect effect on work intensity and vigor through Vet-IS, conditional upon veterans’ levels of political skill. Contributions to research, practice, and future research directions are discussed.

- by Jeremy D Mackey and +2
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- Military Veterans, Stress, Stress Management, Job Stress (Psychology)

A unique approach in trauma-focused psychotherapy is the evolving field of Equine Assisted Therapy (EAT), a nontraditional, experiential methodology centered on the therapeutic benefits intrinsic in equines. While there is a plethora of anecdotal and qualitative studies showing effectiveness, evidence-based studies are limited, and those that exist have design and implementation flaws such as small sample size, no control group, lack of counselor-administered curriculum and/or assessments, leaving large empirical gaps. To address these gaps, a quasi-experimental nonrandomized control group design was implemented for this study. Fifty veterans participated with 25 assigned to each, intervention and control groups. Veterans in the intervention group completed 3-hour weekly EAT sessions for 10 weeks and those in the control group continued with treatment as usual. Standardized psychometric assessments were PTSD Checklist—Military Version (PCL-M) and Functional Assessment of Chronic Ill...

- by Miguel Alonso
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- War Theory, Military Veterans, Combat Veterans, War Studies

This article seeks to correct the paucity of attention to the psychological impact onfamiliesofhavingamemberengagedinwar.Theinitialsectionfocusesonthe impact of the Persian Gulf War on military families, drawing upon family stress and coping and Miller's biological systems theory to help categorize and account for the stressors affecting these families at various strategic points in the Persian Gulf War: deployment, during the war, homecoming and reintegration, and long- term reactions. The middle section focuses on the stress reactions and the factors that tend to mediate these reactions, such as effective methods of coping. Among the most significant yet widely overlooked reactions is secondary traumatization. The final section—based on both the extant research and the theoretical orienta- tion articulated in section one—focuses on intervention. Among those interven- tions listed are programs that were successful during the Persian Gulf War. Implications for research and policy are noted.

Polytraumatic injuries, defined as two or more injuries sustained in the same incident
that affect multiple body parts or organ systems and result in physical, cognitive, psychological,
or psychosocial impairments, emerged during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). These injuries are complex and require special care.
In response, the US Veterans Health Administration established the polytrauma system of
care (PSC) in 2005. Current research identifies recreational therapy (RT) is a primary healthcare
service within the PSC; however, given its recent creation, little is known about the
role and function of RT in this setting. This study explored the role and function of RT in the
PSC using a Delphi design across five PSC sites in the United States, with special emphasis
on RT assessments used, diagnoses seen, RT interventions applied, RT outcomes targeted,
RT discharge planning processes, and team collaboration. Seven of a possible 30 recreational
therapists participated yielding a 23 percent response rate. The results may serve as
a springboard for identifying best practices, strengthening evidence-based practice, and
advancing RT research in polytrauma care.

- by Morgan Ferrante and +1
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- Rehabilitation, Military Veterans, Combat Veterans, Therapeutic Recreation

Oscar's Best Picture of 1946 -- The Best Years of Our Lives -- was based on an epic poem written by journalist and playwright MacKinlay Kantor. Robert Sherwood reworked the poem into the award-winning screenplay that addressed veteran readjustment and disability. The three main characters had PTSD before the term was coined. This "vernacular review" compares the film and the poem.

Differences in contextual norms between the U.S. military and institutions of higher education mean that student veterans may experience difficulty integrating into the wider campus community, leading to educational inequity. However, this situation may be mitigated by the presence of a strong student veteran peer community. Previous studies of student veterans in higher education have shown that connecting with peers (particularly peers who have military experience) is an important part of the college experience; however, the nature of these peer connections has yet to be investigated. The current study examines the experiences of veterans at a Southern California community college's Veteran Resource Center to illuminate the role of peer community for veterans transitioning from military service into higher education. Results indicate the presence of a robust veteran peer community can play a pivotal role in veterans' transition to higher education.

- by Brandy Jenner
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- Military Veterans

Researchers of student veterans in higher education seek to understand how experiences during military service relate to veterans' roles as college students. Similarly, researchers of postsecondary student success assert that a more nuanced understanding of the student experience and student success requires attending to diverse populations. In the present study, I followed these charges by investigating the experiences of 22 student veterans at a southern California community college. My objective was to expand the scholarly conversation surrounding college student success and to learn what defines success for student veterans in higher education. Through the results of the present study, I indicated that completion, retention, and academic achievement were all valued by these student veterans. In addition, these student veterans considered other more unique factors as important markers of student success. These factors included using their educational benefits in an informed manner and developing the ability to help others, including other veterans, navigate the higher education system. Brandy M. Jenner

- by Brandy Jenner
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- Military Veterans
- by Efrat Even-tzur
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- Testimony, Military Veterans, Dissociation, Soldiers

Dance for Veterans, composed of physical, psychological and social elements, is a new patient-centered and recovery-oriented treatment modality for veterans diagnosed with serious mental illness; that is, chronic and functionally impairing psychoses, traumatic stress disorders, and mood and anxiety disorders. This report outlines the development of Dance for Veterans over the past several years within the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, including curricular rationale, training model and program evaluation. Methods: Participation was voluntary and required only a mental illness diagnosis. Survey data and qualitative feedback (N 1⁄4 88), as well as verbal reports of stress (N 1⁄4 35), were collected over 3-month periods to assess effects of the class on veterans’ well-being. Results: Verbal reports of stress before and after class showed significant decreases ( p , 0.001), and subjective responses to the classes were overwhelmingly positive. Significant longer-term trends in stress reduction, however, were not demonstrable. Conclusions: The Dance for Veterans program shows promise as an interdisciplinary resource for veterans diagnosed with serious mental illness. Future program development will include more detailed evaluation of its effects on veterans’ well-being and extension to additional VA venues and populations.

- by Sarah Wilbur and +3
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- Dance/Movement Therapy, Military Veterans, Dance, Holistic Health

A number of South African Defence Force (SADF) veterans have undertaken trips to the erstwhile Angolan battlefields of the so-called ‘Border War’ (1966-1989) in recent years. This paper proposes to examine two projects by SADF veterans who returned to Angola. The first involved the making of a film called My Heart of Darkness that records the journey of former paratrooper Marius van Niekerk who returned to Angola in 2007 in search of redemption from his shameful memories relating to his role in the war. The second is a more recent trip to Angola by a number of SADF veterans who initiated joint ventures and sourced investment to provide employment for Angolan veterans. Such initiatives are framed as exercises in reconciliation between former enemies who celebrate a new-found camaraderie occasioned by their common histories as soldiers. The paper conceives of SADF veterans as ‘transnational agents’ who have crossed borders so as to promote co-operation rather than dwell on past ideological and political differences. It argues that the informal initiatives by SADF veterans might be regarded as attempts to make amends for the absence of formal institutional ones by South Africa and that these ventures have been undertaken in lieu of admissions of culpability for the damage inflicted upon Angola by the defunct apartheid army.

- by Gary Baines
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- Military Veterans, Angola, Southern African History, South African Defence Force

Although voluntary recruitment to the military is today the Western norm, we know little about citizens' beliefs regarding service members' reasons for joining. This article, reporting and analyzing the results of a nationally representative U.S. survey, rectifies this gap. We find that, despite the reality of market-based recruitment, many Americans continue to subscribe to an idealized image of service members as moved by self-sacrificing patriotism. This belief is most heavily concentrated among conservative Americans. Liberal Americans are more likely to believe that service members join primarily for economic reasons. Those furthest to the left are more inclined to aver that service members join chiefly to escape desperate circumstances. Perhaps most surprising, we discover a disconnect between respondents with military experience and their families: The former are more likely to acknowledge that pay and benefits are a primary motivation for service, whereas their families are more likely to embrace a patriotic service narrative.

- by Armed Forces & Society
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- Military Veterans, Militarism, Civil-military relations, Recruitment

Unlike in most wars involving “western” countries, the first people’s concern when the veterans from Mozambican civil war started to return home was to make them overpass their traumatic experiences and guilt. In the southern part of the country, this was done trough innovative cleansing rituals which are rooted on the local exegesis about misfortune and allow, simultaneously, to confine war actions into an exceptional past situation, to expurgate the veteran from some danger he might represent, and to publicly proclaim him a new man, entitled to a fresh start inside the community. Besides their importance to the individual reintegration of the veterans, the generalized performance of such rituals also played an important role in the acceptance of previous enemies as “people like the others” and, through this, in the normalization of the new framework of political competition – peaceful elections. In the center-north of the country, meanwhile, the absence of complex cleansing rituals that might fulfill all the above-mentioned tasks seems to be connected to the persistence of mental health disorders, locally ascribed to the possession by dead soldiers.

- by Paulo Granjo
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- Military Veterans, Civil War, Mozambique, Ritual (Anthropology)

A comparison of narratives from two distinct groups of Dutch veterans: bikers and soldier-authors.

- by Geraldine Akerman
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- Military Veterans, PTSD, Therapeutic Communities

Dieser Beitrag widmet sich der Afghanistan-Mission der deutschen Bundeswehr und deren Auswirkungen auf das Selbstverständnis und die Führungskultur in den Streitkräften. Dazu werden zunächst die allgemeinen Herausforderungen dargestellt, mit denen es sich in „Neuen Kriegen“ auseinanderzusetzen gilt. Anschließend wird ein kurzer Einblick in die Erfahrungen der deutschen Streitkräfte im Rahmen der „International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)“ vorgenommen und danach gefragt, in welchem Rahmen sich die Innere Führung und das ihr innewohnende Leitbild des Staatsbürgers in Uniform bewähren konnten und wo sie an ihre Grenzen gestoßen sind. Die angestellten Überlegungen sind wesentlich von Beobachtungen und Erlebnissen während der eigenen Einsatzzeit in der nordafghanischen Provinz Kunduz geprägt. Aus diesen persönlichen Umständen resultieren ein starkes subjektives Erkenntnisinteresse und die spezielle Perspektive des Beitrages.

- by Marcel Bohnert
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- Military Science, Military Veterans, Combat Veterans, Afghanistan

A specific cultural awareness and educational preparation is necessary to most effectively minister to US Military personnel and Veterans. US Military Service Members and Veterans are a unique and the only voluntary minority group in the United States of America. At different eras in American history US Military Service Members and Veterans have been lauded and despised by the people they serve. Normally marginalized and viewed on the periphery of the majority culture. The majority culture of the US historically defines minorities by race and ethnic origin. Now, sexual identity and religion are definitions that are used to identify minority populations by the US Majority culture. US Military Service Members and Veterans defy these majority culture categories of minority. US Military Service Members and Veterans are visually, socially and ethnically a diverse population. US Military Culture members embrace and live values formative of the original American social and cultural identity. Additionally, other values that make the success of US Military operations possible seem incongruent with the expressed values of the contemporary US Majority culture. Among these values are obedience and personal responsibility. All of these values must be introduced, fostered and bred into US Military Service Members. These same values are practical expressions of the reality of a life lived in a culture that existence is predicated on a need that is greater than the individual members of that culture, or that cultural group as a whole. To facilitate effective ministry to this underserved population New York Theological Seminary adopted and implemented a new Doctor of Ministry Curriculum using its standard DMin program platform.

- by J. E . Anderson
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- Sociology of the Military, Mental Health, Military Veterans, Combat Veterans

Despite existing separation services provided by the military, many transitioning to civilian life report continued or even worsening issues, including anger outbursts, PTSD, sustained substance use, and strained family relationships. Further, only 61% of the 1,906,754 veterans separated since 2002 participate in the VA health care system after separation, indicating that at least three quarters of a million veterans are not captured by research conducted in VA systems. The current study (N = 90) examined the perceived needs of veterans transitioning from the military to civilian life, assessed issues that prevent these individuals from participating in VA health care upon separation, and captured veteran recommendations to improve existing separation services, either prior to or after the transition to civilian life. Veterans identified several needs, including improved access to care, mental health and substance use counseling, and preparedness for adjustment and economical/financial issues. Implications for both care and policy are discussed.

- by Troy Hallsell
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- Military Veterans

Suicides have become a very significant issue in the Canadian military in recent years, and historians Matthew Barrett and Allan English remind us that there have been more deaths by suicides in the Canadian Armed Forces since 2002 than mission deaths in the twelve years Canada was engaged in the war in Afghanistan. However, the authors maintain that this is not a new concern, and that over the years, a number of cases “… have come to public attention, especially those during or immediately after a major conflict in which Canada has been involved.” They use two case studies, one centering on the immediate aftermath of the First World War, and a more contemporary one from the Afghanistan conflict to help assess how public attitudes towards mental stress injuries and suicides involving Canadian servicepersons changed during the course of each conflict. Barrett and English then “… assess how destigmatization efforts might be improved by using historical evidence, and how this knowledge could be leveraged to help facilitate a more productive and open dialogue about mental health and suicide in the military.”

- by Matthew Barrett
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- Military History, Canadian History, Military Veterans, Suicide

There is a paucity of research into the positive and negative intergenerational psychological effects of war-related trauma, particularly from a child’s perspective. Therefore, this study aimed to shed light on both positive and negative experiences of growing up in a family where one parent is traumatized by war. It explored the subjective “lived” experience of three sisters whose father, a Vietnam War veteran, was diagnosed with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) data from semistructured interviews were analyzed. One overarching theme emerged: making meaning of dual complex trauma. This encapsulated four superordinate themes: betrayal and neglect; like father, like daughter; fragile intimate self; and growthful forgiveness and self-care. Implications for therapeutic intervention with intergenerational trauma are discussed.

- by Lynne McCormack
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- Military Veterans, Combat Veterans, Vicarious Trauma, Veterans

This paper examines the idea of memory being a dangerous weapon through the genre of sci-fi, specifically as the basis of a collective history for artificial life forms which poses a danger to the state, as I examine three shows: Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, and the HBO series Westworld. Furthermore, the affect of traumatic memories in artificial life parallels the ways that the state deals with post-traumatic stress (PTS) in soldiers; in this revelation I examine parallels to veteran testimonies of military atrocities. Overall, three things arise within these stories: 1) Memory is dangerous to the state; 2) The state attempts to manage and control memory; and 3) Memory can be liberatory, as it is an act of resistance.

- by Benjamin Schrader
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- Cyborg Theory, Political Theory, Violence, Film Analysis

The KoreanWar was the first close combat between the USA and the USSR, which were the two superpowers after World War II. The war started when the North Korean soldiers attacked the South Korea on the 25th of June 1950. Then the UN felt the necessity to intervene in the war in response. As Turkish Republic was a member of the UN and had a intention to join NATO, she involved in the war by supplying soldiers to the Korean War. The shape of the Turkish Government to take this decision has led to many positive and negative responses. But this decision has received mostly positive responses from the public. The soldiers who went there, fought like their homeland and in the eyes of the Korean people are still ongoing also left positive impressions. After the War of Independence the Turkish Army was fighting and being on foreign soil for the first time. There have been many martyrs and veterans. This war, has affected of Turkish society, the army even the poetry and literature.
Many districts of the Anatolia deployed soldiers to Korea. Bilecik was one of the districts deploying soldiers. 114 soldiers from Bilecik and nearby fought in Korea. This study is consisit of the soldiers went to Korea from Bilecik, Bozüyük, Söğüt, Osmaneli, Pazaryeri, Yenipazar, Gölpazarı and İnhisar. In this study, Bilecik people and press’s sensitivity and reactions have been examined to the war. And also examined jobs, educational status, duties, statistical informations about soldiers from Bilecik.

- by muslum akdogan
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- History, Military Veterans, Cold War, Korean War

Reseña del libro “La obra periodística y literaria de Zeferino M. Mares: un patrimonio documental de Aguascalientes, 1879-1970” de Adrián Gerardo Rodríguez Sánchez”, en coautoría con Luciano Ramírez Hurtado.

- by Enrique Esqueda
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- Military Veterans

The first formal published research conducted on Retired Special Forces Operators with the direct input of retired and serving Special Forces Operators. The research opportunity, co-operation of the Special Forces League, co-operation of the Special Forces Brigade and co-operation of interviewees was facilitated and managed by Stuart Sterzel. The research itself was conducted by Guy Lamb while at the Centre for Conflict Resolution, and published in Track Two - the quarterly research Publication of the Centre for Conflict Resolution (from Page 39 onwards).

- by Stuart Sterzel
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- Military History, Military Veterans, Combat Veterans, Research

Soldiers moving from the army to civilian life encounter significant challenges during this time of transition, both in Israel and internationally. Identifying this period of time as a critical one,the Peace of Mind program is an innovative intervention designed specifically to address the issues occurring therein. This unique model focuses on mental health and normalization of responses, as well as on the processing of traumatic experiences. It is based on the considerable experience at the Israel Center for the Treatment
of Psychotrauma in the fields of resilience building and trauma
treatment. After reviewing the literature on returning soldiers, the model is described and several vignettes are presented.

- by Naomi L Baum and +2
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- Military Veterans, Combat Veterans, Trauma Studies, Post-Traumatic Growth

The moral dimension of combat trauma is being increasingly recognised within psychological and philosophical literature. Indeed, there is a growing movement to distinguish between PTSD and “moral injury.” By moral injury, these theorists refer to something like what psychiatrist Jonathan Shay describes as “the soul wound inflicted by doing something that violates one’s own ethics, ideals, or attachments.” This type of injury does not appear to be captured by the increasing diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Each of these has important moral implications for philosophers of war, but the conditions need to be appropriately delineated before appropriate remedies can be identified.
The growing interest in moral injury opens the door for philosophers to explore and explain how moral concepts can contribute to understanding, treatment and prevention of combat trauma-related psychological injuries. In this paper I will explore some of the significant differences between PTSD and moral injury, and how these differences hold moral significance. Using the clinical guidelines presented in the DSM-5, I will explore how the conditions of PTSD differ in terms of clinical presentation. I will then consider the experiential differences between moral injury and PTSD, which will reveal some possible avenues for therapeutic interventions for the morally injured.

- by Matthew T Beard
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- Ethics, Applied Ethics, Moral Psychology, Virtue Ethics

Book abstract: This is the first systematic pan-European study of the hundreds of thousands of non-Germans who fought - either voluntarily or under different kinds of pressures - for the Waffen-SS (or auxiliary police formations operating in the occupied East). Building on the findings of regional studies by other scholars - many of them included in this volume - The Waffen-SS aims to arrive at a fuller picture of those non-German citizens (from Eastern as well as Western Europe) who served under the SS flag. Where did the non-Germans in the SS come from (socially, geographically, and culturally)? What motivated them? What do we know about the practicalities of international collaboration in war and genocide, in terms of everyday life, language, and ideological training? Did a common transnational identity emerge as a result of shared ideological convictions or experiences of extreme violence? In order to address these questions (and others), The Waffen-SS adopts an approach that does justice to the complexity of the subject, adding a more nuanced, empirically sound understanding of collaboration in Europe during World War II, while also seeking to push the methodological boundaries of the historiographical genre of perpetrator studies by adopting a transnational approach.
See: https://www.academia.edu/29804117/B%C3%B6hler_Jochen_Gerwarth_Robert_Eds._2016_The_Waffen-SS._A_European_History._Oxford_Oxford_University_Press

- by Steffen Werther
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- European History, Military Veterans, Memory Studies, National Socialism
- by Kevin McSorley
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- Sociology, International Relations, Sociology of Violence, Violence

A lo largo de sus tres siglos de historia en la época imperial romana, la función principal de la Guardia Pretoriana fue la protección de la figura del emperador allí donde este se encontrara, ya fuera actuando permanentemente como su escolta y guardia personal en el palacio imperial o como última línea de defensa en el ámbito militar. Pero como cuerpo de élite del ejército romano acantonado en la capital del Imperio también se les encomendó el mantenimiento y, en su caso, restablecimiento del orden allí donde fuera necesario. Así, la Guardia Pretoriana se conformaría como una de las piezas clave en la historia imperial romana como uno de los actores principales no solo a nivel militar sino también a nivel político, papel este último muy alejado de las funciones iniciales para las que fue creada pero que poco a poco fue cobrando especial relevancia tanto por su cercanía a la figura de los sucesivos emperadores como por su acantonamiento en la capital imperial. Consciente de su poder, no fueron pocas las ocasiones en que los pretorianos utilizaron su posición e influencias para dirigir y aprovechar los habituales cambios políticos en la cúspide del poder . Pero, aun siendo menos conocida, no sería menor la importancia bélica que en los campos de batalla protagonizarían los pretorianos en numerosas ocasiones como unidad militar y que a la postre les consagraría como uno de los pilares fundamentales del régimen imperial prácticamente desde su creación, en tiempos de Augusto , hasta su desmantelamiento llevado a cabo por el emperador Majencio.
Como cuerpo de élite del ejército, reconocidos como los mejor entrenados y preparados como demostraron en no pocas ocasiones, y en base a su especial misión recibían una paga superior al del resto de soldados; y su tiempo de servicio era varios años menor, por lo que resultaban ser la envidia del resto de unidades militares y en particular de aquellos que servían en el limes del imperio . Es por ello que trataremos aquí de realizar un estudio esquemático sobre su formación, estructura, actuaciones, etc. con el fin de ahondar en el conocimiento de esta institución muchas veces denostada por algunas de sus intervenciones.

- by Arturo Sanchez Sanz
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- Religion, History, Ancient History, Military History

This presentation will focus on chief characteristics of the biomedical theories of pain, the major philosophical investigations of pain since antiquity, the chief treatment modalities to address pain, and relevant statistics concerning pain frequency and severity among different populations. Pain therapy is also situated in the context of efforts by the Department of Veterans Affairs to manage the pain of service men and women.

- by Michael Uebel
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- Pain, Military Veterans, Chronic Pain, Philosophy of Pain

In our SWK 530 Direct Social Work Practice course with Karen Whitworth we spent months on learning intervention methods, writing treatment plans, learning about the different domains that we assess for when conducting a biopsychosocial and spiritual assessment. This was my final project and I left my professor's notes in the margins and after the references because I was proud of this project and would like you all to know what I accomplished; what needs a little work too.

Marcel Bohnert hat von Juni 2011 bis Januar 2012 eine verstärkte Infanterieeinheit der Task Force Kunduz III in Afghanistan geführt. Als Hauptmann und Kompaniechef war er mit seinen Frauen und Männern für die Sicherheit im Unruhedistrikt Chahar Darreh verantwortlich. Die Erfahrungen seiner Einheit in der Einsatzvorbereitung, während der Einsatzzeit und in der Phase der Einsatznachbereitung wurden durch zahlreiche Publikationen begleitet. In diesem Vortrag vor dem Lions Club in Berlin im Januar 2022 beschreibt er seine #200TageKunduz und zieht Lehren aus dem Scheitern der Mission.

- by Marcel Bohnert
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- Military Veterans, Combat Veterans, Afghanistan, Afghanistan's history