Research Catalog

Title

On Military Memoirs : A Quantitative Comparison of International Afghanistan War Autobiographies, 2001-2010 / by L.H.E. (Esmeralda) Kleinreesink.

Author

Kleinreesink, L. H. E. (Esmeralda)

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

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Description

xvi, 386 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

In 'On Military Memoirs' Esmeralda Kleinreesink offers insight into military books: its writers, publishers, the plots they write and their motives for writing. Every Afghanistan war autobiography published in the US, the UK, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands between 2001 and 2010 is compared quantitatively and qualitatively. 'On Military Memoirs' shows that soldier-authors are a special breed. That self-published books still cater for different markets than traditionally published ones. That cultural difference are clearly visible between warrior nations and non-warrior nations. That not every contemporary memoir is a disillusionment story. And that writing is serious business for soldiers wanting to change the world. The book provides an innovative example of how to use interdisciplinary, mixed-method, cross-cultural research to analyse egodocuments.

Series Statement

Egodocuments and history series, 1873-653X ; volume 10

Uniform Title

Egodocuments and history series ; v. 10.

Subject

• Afghan War (2001-)
• Since 2001
• Soldat
• Autobiografie
• Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Personal narratives
• Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Bibliography
• Westliche Welt

Genre/Form

• Bibliographies
• Personal narratives

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-363) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part I. Setting the stage -- Introduction: who, what and why -- Theory: egodocuments and the military -- Methodology: quantitative & qualitative methods for autobiographical research -- Context: the missions in Afghanistan -- Part II. Results -- Who writes and publishes soldiers' stories? -- What do soldier-authors write about? -- Why do soldier-authors write? -- Conclusion: profiling the soldier-author -- Reflections: some personal notes on how to proceed -- The fifty-four books.

ISBN

• 9789004322530 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 9004322531 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 9789004330245 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2016034682

OCLC

• 953708980
• SCSB-12595061

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library