British Army Veterans Experiences of the Transition into Civilian Life

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Dr Emma Armstrong is a Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Teesside University. Emma's main interests include military veterans, victimology, contemporary criminological theory, and violence.

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British Army Veterans' Experiences of the Transition into Civilian Life offers an ultra-realist explanation of Army veterans' experiences of the transition into civilian life. It argues that the Army contains its' own Symbolic Order, a model of meaning making, which is distinct from the civilian method of making sense of the world.

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Introduction, 1. Pre-Military Life: Absence and Desire, 2. Basic Training: 'Pain is the Civilian Leaving your Body', 3. Army Life: Conceptualising the Army Symbolic Order, 4. Operational Deployments: (En)Tropic Thunder, 5. Leaving the Army: Cutting the Umbilical Cord, 6. The Transition into Civilian Work, 7. Loss of the Tools of Disavowal: The Hurt (B)Locker, 8. Stuck in the Middle with TwoSymbolic Orders, Conclusion: Finding Clarity within the Charlie Foxtrot