Gender, Conscription, and War in Post-Soviet Russia
by
Maya Eichler
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
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...