Men at war : loving, lusting, fighting, remembering 1939-1945
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Published
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2023.
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Book
ISBN
9781474618861 (hardback)
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338 pages ; 25 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Cumberland - Adult New Books | 8576 MILHIST-GAYMILMEMBERS-TUR | Checked Out | May 16, 2024 |
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Published
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2023.
Language
English
ISBN
9781474618861 (hardback)
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Includes bibliographical references.
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As a child, Luke Turner was obsessed with the Second World War. He spent hours painstakingly constructing models of his favourite aircraft, watching Sunday afternoon war films, pouring over stories of derring-do and relishing in birthday trips to air museums. Lying in bed beneath Airfix bombers and fighter planes suspended from his bedroom ceiling, he would often think about the men that might sit in their cockpits, and whether he could ever be one of them. Now, as an adult who has come to terms with a masculine identity and sexuality that is often erased from dominant military narratives, he undertakes a refreshingly honest analysis of his fascination with the war. In Men at War, Turner looks beyond the increasingly retrogressive and jingoistic ideal of a Britain that never was to discover a much richer history. He goes inside the machines of war and strips away uniform cloth to discover the true depth and complexity of men of war as creatures of love, fear, hope and desire. From writers, filmmakers, artists and ordinary men - including those in his own family - Turner assembles a broad cast of characters to bring the war to life. There are conscientious objectors, a bisexual Commando, a pacifist poet who flew for Bomber Command, a transgender RAF pilot, a soldier who suffered in Japanese POW camps and later in life became an LGBT+ activist, and those who simply did what they could just to survive and return home to a complicated peace. As the conflict moves beyond living memory and the last veterans leave us, we are in danger of missing the opportunity to gain a true understanding of the rich humanity that lies beyond the myths, machines and iconography. By exploring a wartime experience that embraces sex, lust and the body as much as tactics and weaponry, Turner argues that the only way we can really understand the Second World War is to get to grips with the complexity of the lives and identities of those who fought and endured it.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Turner, L. (2023). Men at war: loving, lusting, fighting, remembering 1939-1945 . Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Turner, Luke. 2023. Men At War: Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Turner, Luke. Men At War: Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945 Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Turner, Luke. Men At War: Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945 Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2023.
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