War Veterans in Postwar Situations: Chechnya, Serbia, Turkey, Peru, and Côte d’Ivoire

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction: Rethinking the Former Combatants’ Return to Civilian Life....Pages 1-21
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
A “Chechen Syndrome”? Russian Veterans of the Chechen War and the Transposition of War Violence to Society....Pages 25-51
The Return of the Conscripts—A Vector for the Construction of a National Security Regime in Turkey?....Pages 53-72
Reintegrating Civilian Life after Combat: Between Invisibility and Resistance. The Experience of the Ronderas in Peru....Pages 73-93
Paramilitary Demobilization and the Return of Violence in Colombia....Pages 95-113
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
A Veteran’s Challenge: From the Test of War to the American Dream....Pages 117-136
The Position of Former Combatants, French Authorities, and Public Opinion Vis-`-Vis German Prisoners of War (1944–1949)....Pages 137-155
The “Recycled” Militiaman: An Examination of the Postwar Reconversion of Four Former Members of a Serbian Armed Group....Pages 157-176
Museveni’s Best Enemies: Dilemmas and Political Uses of the Reintegration of Former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) Commanders in Northern Uganda....Pages 177-197
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
From the Great War to Democracy: Former Combatants and the Sardinian Autonomist Movement....Pages 201-217
The Postwar Period in Chechnya: When Spoilers Jeopardize the Emerging Chechen State (1996–1999)....Pages 219-239
A “Warrior” Generation? Political Violence and Subjectivation of Young Militamen in Ivory Coast....Pages 241-265
Conclusion....Pages 267-271
Back Matter....Pages 273-301