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Presentation
International Military Memoirs
Power, Space & Politics research group
(2013)
Abstract
Military memoirs are written in many western countries, but who writes them, who publishes them, what is written in them and why they are written can differ from country to country. Some aspects, such as the low number of female writers, are universal, other aspects are warrior nation related, such as the kind of soldiers that get published by traditional publishers, and some aspects are completely country dependent, such as whether reservists publish books, or not. This presentation, given to the PSP (Power, Space and Politics) research group at Newcastle University, gives a quick overview of some of the results from my PhD study into military memoirs.
Keywords
- military autobiography,
- memoir,
- writer,
- publishing,
- warrior nation,
- disillusionment,
- plot
Disciplines
Publication Date
April 30, 2013
Citation Information
Esmeralda Kleinreesink. "International Military Memoirs" Power, Space & Politics research group (2013) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/esmeralda_kleinreesink/7/