Soldiers on international missions : there and back again /

• Main Authors: Lyk-Jensen, Stéphanie Vincent (Author), Pedersen, Peder J. (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Subjects: Peacekeeping forces, Danish.; Peacekeeping forces > Psychological aspects.; Peacekeeping forces > Social aspects.; Political Science > Public Policy > Military Policy.; Military life & institutions.

This book contributes important new insights into how deployment on international military missions affects soldiers and their lives. Using both quantitative data and in-depth interviews, the authors provide a longitudinal perspective covering the participants in these missions before, during, and a...

Table of Contents:

• Prelims
• Introduction
• Summary of contents
• Overview of data and methods
• Soldiers before and during deployments
• Returning home from an international military mission an investigation based on qualitative interviews
• Mission experiences and subsequent careers survey-based analyses
• Homecoming soldiers: a before-and-after' analysis of motivations, financial situation and criminality
• Soldiers on international missions mental health profile before and after deployment
• Perspectives
• References
• Index.