Congratulations to War & Society Journal Editorial Advisory Board member Martin Thomas on publication of his masterful analysis of the greatest process of state-making (and empire-unmaking) in modern history. Brilliant, important work. press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

And it's open access!

Based in Australia we're always pleased to feature research by Australian scholars such as this by Jade Ryles & Paul Sendziuk of Uni of Adelaide which considers societal concerns re sons of absent servicemen during SWW. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…. Download now! Open access!

Another top flight open access article in our Remobilization special issue edited by Peter Keppy & Roel Frakking has gone on line. Here Bart Nauta considers trauma & moral injury when post-conflict states don't recognise their veterans' military sacrifice. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Pleased to announce publication of another open access article in our Remobilization special issue edited by Peter Keppy & Roel Frakking. Nikkie Wiegink examines Mozambique's former Renamo combatants & their post-return trajectories. Download & read now! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Chinese military history may by an understudied field but here is your chance to learn more. Check out our Chinese Military History Collection which features 13 research articles and historiography surveys, including two by Lorge, Peter tandfonline.com/journals/ywar2…

Trending article! With an altmetric of 34 this is creating a bit of buzz. Have you read it yet? Sandra Suárez García analyses prostitution in the 16thC Spanish army, showing how prostitution was an essential but strictly controlled part of army life. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

On 6 August 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. It was a world changing event. Hiroshima rebuilt and this special issue canvasses Hiroshima’s – and Japan’s – post-war reconstruction & commitment to #peacebuilding. Dahlia Simangan tandfonline.com/toc/ywar20/43/1

Military historians! Planning a conference & post-conference publications? Do you need to share your project’s impacts? Well-advanced with planning and looking for a journal 'home'. Why not consider a special issue with War & Society? Contact the editor now and discuss your idea.

Spring seems to have arrived early in our neck of the woods!

All our bags are packed, we're ready to go ... The War & Society team are taking a break. Places to go, people to see, articles to write. We will be back on deck on 16 September 2024. See you then!

Well, here we are back at our desks! And it is good to be back. Stay tuned for good news ... when we've worked through our emails and messages!

Over the last few months we've been publishing articles in our Remobilization within Porous Polities special issue (ed by Roel Frakking & Peter Keppy). The last has gone on line! Keppy's The Making and Taming of the Veteran in 1950s Indonesia tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

We're so pleased Peter Keppy's article is now online. You can see for yourself how important it is. Open access so available to all! (Please share!) doi.org/10.1080/072924… When you've finish reading check out its companion articles in our 'latest article' section. Roel Frakking

Our August 2024 issue is now online! Great range of articles: Chinese military history; refugees in the 30 years war; cultural mobilisation; Turkish war of independence; interwar curatorship; boredom; & French tribunes des militaires. Partial open access tandfonline.com/toc/ywar20/43/…

We've noticed some conference planning in the pipeline. If you and your colleagues are organising an academic get together, chairing a panel, discussing project outputs, or just energised about an important military matter, do get in touch. We'd love to talk publication.

It's always exciting reading through the metrics reports. Our highest 'interest generating' article over the last twelve months is Ann Nehlin's Building Bridges of Trust. Have you read it yet? It's open access. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

And here are out top altmetrics! Good to see articles by Adam Seipp, Military Welfare His, mesut uyar 🇹🇷🇦🇺🎖, and Urvi Khaitan on this list. We are so proud of these articles and of course the authors.If you haven't read any of these yet, search and download now! tandfonline.com/loi/ywar20

Open Access: Introduction to the special issue "#War and #fun: exploring the plurality of experiences and emotional articulations of #warfare and #soldiering" - War & Society Journal tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Exciting news! Intro for our next special issue is online: 'war & fun: exploring the plurality of experiences & emotional articulations of warfare & soldiering'. Thanks to PublicAnthropologist & colleagues for this brilliant open access SI. More to follow! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…