Embattled Glory - Veterans, Military Families, Politics of Patriotism in China,

Informationen zum Autor Neil J. Diamant is associate professor of Asian law and society and chair of the Department of Political Science at Dickinson College. Klappentext This groundbreaking book offers the first in-depth, large-scale study of People's Liberation Army veterans and military families. Neil Diamant's penetrating examination of the treatment of PLA veterans in China opens a distinctive window onto Chinese patriotism, citizenship, and legitimacy. Using recently declassified archival documents and employing a comparative perspective, the book provides an unprecedented look at the "everyday interactions" among veterans, military families, state officials, and ordinary citizens as they attempted to secure urban residence, jobs, spouses, medical care, and respect as patriots. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: To the City or Bust: Veterans and the Quest for Urban CitizenshipChapter 3: The Complications of Veteran IdentitiesChapter 4: The Job FrontChapter 5: Stuck in the State's Cement and Falling Through Its Cracks: Veterans in Policy and BureaucracyChapter 6: Vulnerable Heroes: Veterans' Heath, Family, and Sexuality in Chinese PoliticsChapter 7: Between Glory and Welfare: Military Families, the State, and CommunityChapter 8: Salt in the Wounds: Veterans in the Reform Era, 1978-2007Chapter 9: Conclusion: Walter Reed, Iraq, and ChinaAppendix A: A Brief Survey of Archival Materials in ChinaAppendix B: Selected Character ListAppendix C: Source Materials

Product details

• Authors: Neil Diamant, Neil J Diamant, Neil J. Diamant, Neil Jeffrey Diamant
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.01.2010
• EAN: 9780742557673
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5767-3
• No. of pages: 480
• Series: State & Society in East Asia; State & Society in East Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Asia / China, Regional Studies, Asian History, Asian studies;China studies