《冷战与现代记忆：退伍军人对军事服役的反思》
The Cold War and Modern Memory: Veterans Reflect on Military Service.
作者信息
MacLean Alair
机构信息
Washington State University Vancouver, 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave, Vancouver, WA 98686.
出版信息
J Polit Mil Soc. 2008 Jun;36(1):103-130.
This paper uses data from focused interviews to look at how veterans who served primarily during the peacetime Cold War portrayed the effects of military service. Most veterans described being a soldier, sailor, or airman as a neutral, transitional role. Veterans also described their service as having features that are consistent with views of such service as both a positive turning point and a negative disruption. However, only one veteran described military service as operating as a positive turning point in his own life, and just two described it has having been a disruption in their lives. In addition, veterans who served as officers described learning leadership and confidence in the armed forces, which may help explain an observed quantitative officer premium. This latter finding is consistent with a view of the armed forces as facilitating the accumulation of advantage.
本文利用焦点访谈的数据，研究主要在冷战和平时期服役的退伍军人如何描述兵役的影响。大多数退伍军人将自己作为士兵、水手或飞行员的经历描述为一种中立的过渡角色。退伍军人还表示，他们的服役经历具有一些特点，这些特点与将这种服役视为积极转折点和消极干扰的观点相一致。然而，只有一名退伍军人将兵役描述为自己人生中的一个积极转折点，只有两名退伍军人表示这对他们的生活造成了干扰。此外，担任军官的退伍军人表示，他们在军队中学会了领导力和自信，这可能有助于解释观察到的军官数量溢价现象。后一项发现与将军队视为促进优势积累的观点相一致。
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