Robert Dale is Lecturer in Russian History at Newcastle University, UK.

One of the great virtues of this book is its comparative angle. Dale has read widely in the international history of veterans, and often comments on how the Soviet experience fits into wider transnational patterns. The other virtue is Dale’s unwillingness to write in one of the mushrooming sub-genres. Instead he combines social and cultural history, memory studies, and the history of medicine … [A]nybody interested in the history of warfare and welfare in the twentieth century will benefit from reading this book.

• Introduction1. The Troops Come Home2. ‘Homes for Heroes’: Veterans and the Postwar Housing Crisis3. ‘As in battle – as in labour’: The Remobilization of Demobilized Veterans4. Healing the Wounds: Health, Disability and Trauma5. Disorderly Demobilization: Crime, Violence and Social Disorder6. Demobilizing the Mind: Veterans, Politics and MemoryConclusionGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Robert Dale is Lecturer in Russian History at Newcastle University, UK.

One of the great virtues of this book is its comparative angle. Dale has read widely in the international history of veterans, and often comments on how the Soviet experience fits into wider transnational patterns. The other virtue is Dale’s unwillingness to write in one of the mushrooming sub-genres. Instead he combines social and cultural history, memory studies, and the history of medicine … [A]nybody interested in the history of warfare and welfare in the twentieth century will benefit from reading this book.

• Introduction1. The Troops Come Home2. ‘Homes for Heroes’: Veterans and the Postwar Housing Crisis3. ‘As in battle – as in labour’: The Remobilization of Demobilized Veterans4. Healing the Wounds: Health, Disability and Trauma5. Disorderly Demobilization: Crime, Violence and Social Disorder6. Demobilizing the Mind: Veterans, Politics and MemoryConclusionGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Robert Dale is Lecturer in Russian History at Newcastle University, UK.

One of the great virtues of this book is its comparative angle. Dale has read widely in the international history of veterans, and often comments on how the Soviet experience fits into wider transnational patterns. The other virtue is Dale’s unwillingness to write in one of the mushrooming sub-genres. Instead he combines social and cultural history, memory studies, and the history of medicine … [A]nybody interested in the history of warfare and welfare in the twentieth century will benefit from reading this book.

• Introduction1. The Troops Come Home2. ‘Homes for Heroes’: Veterans and the Postwar Housing Crisis3. ‘As in battle – as in labour’: The Remobilization of Demobilized Veterans4. Healing the Wounds: Health, Disability and Trauma5. Disorderly Demobilization: Crime, Violence and Social Disorder6. Demobilizing the Mind: Veterans, Politics and MemoryConclusionGlossaryBibliographyIndex