Soldiers at peace : veterans and society after the civil war in Mozambique / Jessica Schafer.
| Author/creator | Schafer, Jessica |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. |
| Description | x, 244 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Veterans after Mozambique's civil war -- Veterans of new and old wars -- Studying veterans in comparative perspective -- Methods, sources, and terminology -- Narratives, ethics, and analysis -- Research process -- Terminology -- Centers and peripheries: patterns of war -- Explaining war in Mozambique -- Preindependence historical background -- Postindependence transformations -- Economic, social, and political change -- The war in Mossurize -- The war period in rural Renamo areas -- The war period in Frelimo villages -- War and resocialization -- Violence on the periphery: Renamo combatants, civilians, and war -- Renamo combatants and violence in Mozambique's war -- Ideas and memories of violence in historical context -- Narrations of war -- Recruitment and initiation in Renamo -- Denial and transferral of responsibility -- Political education and mobilization -- Relations with civilians: the re-creation of "home" -- Violence at the center: Frelimo combatants, civilians, and war -- Recruitment and training within Frelimo -- Social promotion and wartime profit -- Political education -- Relations with civilians -- The return to civilian life -- An incomplete rupture: postwar settlement and livelihoods -- Peace and settlement decisions -- Social negotiation and family acceptance -- Postwar livelihoods -- Veterans' politics from above -- Veterans and the state -- External assistance and veteran policies -- Veterans' politics from below -- The Veterans' Association -- Veterans, politics, and the war of words -- Concluding remarks -- Reevaluating veterans in postwar Mozambique -- Veterans, citizens, and the state -- Expectations and entitlements -- Parallels, not pathologies. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006101524 |
| ISBN | 1403975035 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781403975034 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | DT3398 .S32 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |