The making of warriors: men, identity and military culture

Masculinity as warrior is central to the understanding of military cultures. Such images of maleness are often presented by historians, academics, feminists and film writers, to name a few, as fixed, unambiguous and noncontradictory. Moreover this reading of masculinity as warrior involves a clear distinction between the protectors and protected, soldiers and civilians, warmongers and peacelovers, and masculinity and femininity.