British Army Veterans’ Experiences of the Transition into Civilian Life: An Ultra-Realist Perspective

Author:   Emma Armstrong
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032797137


Pages:   168
Publication Date:   21 May 2026
Format:   Paperback
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British Army Veterans’ Experiences of the Transition into Civilian Life: An Ultra-Realist Perspective


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Author:   Emma Armstrong
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032797137


ISBN 10:   1032797134
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   21 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Introduction, 1. Pre-Military Life: Absence, Lack and Desire, 2. Basic Training: ‘Pain is the Civilian Leaving your Body’, 3. Army Life: Conceptualising the Army Symbolic Order, 4. Operational Deployments: (En)Tropic Thunder, 5. Leaving the Army: Cutting the Umbilical Cord, 6. The Transition into Civilian Work, 7. Loss of the Tools of Disavowal: The Hurt (B)Locker, 8. Stuck in the Middle with Two…Symbolic Orders, Conclusion: Finding Clarity in the Charlie Foxtrot

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Emma Armstrong’s analysis of veterans and their complex transitions between military and neoliberal civilian life draws upon original empirical data and new conceptual frameworks to make a groundbreaking contribution. This book should be the cornerstone of any future research into military veterans. Professor Anthony Lloyd, Professor of Criminology, Teesside University In this book, Armstrong focuses upon the experiences of veterans routinely assumed to make ‘unproblematic’ transitions into civilian life. Synthesising detailed qualitative data with advanced criminological theory, Armstrong has produced a beautifully written critical account of the various harms experienced by those who attempt to re-integrate into neoliberalism’s competitive, atomised social world. Dr Anthony Ellis, Associate Professor in Criminology, University of Lincoln


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Emma Armstrong is a Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Teesside University. Emma’s main interests include military veterans, victimology, contemporary criminological theory and violence.

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