Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Cultural Politics of Veterans’ Narratives 18
6. 2. Britain and ‘Her Veterans’: Narrating the Veteran Figure 44
7. 3. The ‘Super-Citizen’ Character: Veteran Cultures and Identities 69
8. 4. In Failure and Success: The Politics of Transition Narratives 95
9. 5. Narrative Politics and the Militarised Academy 114
10. 6. Intertextual Narratives and the War in Afghanistan 135
11. 7. Trauma Stories, Surfing and Undoing the Residue of Militarism 157
12. Conclusion 177
13. References 184
14. Index 203