Civil–Military Entanglements

Birgitte Refslund Sørensen until her death in 2019, was Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropology in Copenhagen. With her background in conflict studies and political anthropology, Sørensen had been both practitioner and researcher on issues of post-conflict reconstruction for the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development and the Danish Refugee Council. Her latest publications include ”Veterans’ Homecomings”, Current Anthropology; ”Public commemorations of Danish Soldiers”, Critical Military Studies.

“Bringing the concept of entanglement to bear on CMR is original, relevant as well as timely in the present circumstances (not to mention that it is a fine edition in terms of form to boot)... Civil-Military Entanglements is a good and important book, signalling a new departure for the anthropology of the military. And the new paradigm it outlines, well-adjusted to the circumstances still (but for how long?) prevailing today, is undoubtedly of interest as an addition to the existing literature.” • Res Militaris“This is an important and most welcome addition to our knowledge of how militaries work and are experienced around the world. Sørensen and Ben-Ari have done a wonderful job of putting together a volume that greatly expands our knowledge and understanding of militarization and civil-military connections around the world”. • Andrew Bickford, Georgetown University

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Rethinking Civil-Military Connections: From Relations to EntanglementsBirgitte Refslund Sørensen and Eyal Ben-AriChapter 1. The Invisible Uniform: Civil-Military Entanglements in the Everyday Life of Danish Soldiers’ FamiliesBirgitte Refslund Sørensen and Maj Hedegaard HeiselbergChapter 2. Capable Patriots: Narratives of Estonian Women Living with Military Service MembersTiia-Triin Truusa and Kairi KasearuChapter 3. Military, Society, and Violence through Popular Culture: Japan's Self-Defense ForcesEyal Ben-AriChapter 4. From Obligatory to Optional: Thirty Years of Civil-Military Entanglements in NorwayElin Gustavsen and Torunn Laugen HaalandChapter 5. Framing the Other in Times of War and Terror: Explorations of the Military in GermanyMaren TomfordeChapter 6. Domesticating Civil-Military Entanglement: Multiplicity and Transnationality of Retired British Gurkhas’ Citizenship NegotiationTaeko UesugiChapter 7. Civil-Military Relations from International Conflict Zones to the United States: Notes on Mutual Discontents and Disruptive LogicsRobert A. Rubinstein and Corri ZoliChapter 8. The Entangled Soldier: On the Messiness of War/Law/MoralityThomas Randrup PedersenChapter 9. Mobility through Self-Defined Expertise: Israeli Security from the Occupation to KenyaErella GrassianiChapter 10. Explaining Efficiency, Seeking Recognition: Experiences of Argentine Peacekeepers in HaitiSabina FredericChapter 11. Crossing over Barbed-Wire Entanglements of U.S. Military Bases: On Environmental Issues around MCAS Futenma in Okinawa, JapanMasakazu TanakaChapter 12. The Entanglements of Military Research at Home and Abroad: An Experience of an Israeli AnthropologistNir GazitAfterword: Three Interpretations of Civil-Military EntanglementsBirgitte Refslund Sørensen and Eyal Ben-AriIndex