Dr Anders Ahlbäck is a post-doctoral researcher and teacher in Gender History and Masculinity Studies at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. He is author of several articles and essays on masculinity and the military in early twentieth century Finland, and is currently researching anti-military political sentiment and changing notions of male citizenship in the Nordic countries, ca 1900-1940.

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Politics of Conscription; Chapter 3 War Heroes as War Teachers; Chapter 4 Educating the Citizen-Soldier; Chapter 5 Stories and Memories of Soldiering; Chapter 6 Manhood and the Contested Making of the Military;

Dr Anders Ahlbäck is a post-doctoral researcher and teacher in Gender History and Masculinity Studies at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. He is author of several articles and essays on masculinity and the military in early twentieth century Finland, and is currently researching anti-military political sentiment and changing notions of male citizenship in the Nordic countries, ca 1900-1940.

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Politics of Conscription; Chapter 3 War Heroes as War Teachers; Chapter 4 Educating the Citizen-Soldier; Chapter 5 Stories and Memories of Soldiering; Chapter 6 Manhood and the Contested Making of the Military;

Dr Anders Ahlbäck is a post-doctoral researcher and teacher in Gender History and Masculinity Studies at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. He is author of several articles and essays on masculinity and the military in early twentieth century Finland, and is currently researching anti-military political sentiment and changing notions of male citizenship in the Nordic countries, ca 1900-1940.

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Politics of Conscription; Chapter 3 War Heroes as War Teachers; Chapter 4 Educating the Citizen-Soldier; Chapter 5 Stories and Memories of Soldiering; Chapter 6 Manhood and the Contested Making of the Military;