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Guys like me : five wars, five veterans for peace /

Men, masculinity and militarism are so often seen to be in such close (and mythically heroic) correspondence, the war veteran-as-peace-advocate is sometimes viewed as an oxymoron. This is precisely what interests sociologist Mike Messner. In Guys Like Me (a reference to the phrase his own World War...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Messner, Michael A. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Veterans > United States > Biography. Veterans > United States > Attitudes. Peace movements > United States.

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