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

When Finland gained its independence from Russia in 1917, the country had not had a military for almost two decades. The ensuing creation of a new national conscript army aroused intense but conflicting emotions among the Finns. This book examines how a modern conscript army, born out of a civil war...

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Main Author: Ahlbäck, Anders
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2014.
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