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Men at War - Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945
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As a child, Luke Turner was obsessed with the Second World War. He
spent hours watching Sunday war films, poring over stories of
derring-do and relishing in birthday trips to air museums. Lying in
bed beneath Airfix fighter planes suspended from his ceiling, he
would 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 recognise 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 this rich history. 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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Imprint: |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
15 May 2024 |
Authors: |
Luke Turner
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4746-1887-8 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-4746-1887-1 |
Barcode: |
9781474618878 |
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