Military Heroism in a Post-Heroic Era

<p>Part one: Introduction.-&nbsp;Part Two: Re-examining Classic Approaches.-&nbsp;Which kind of hero? Thoughts on archetypes of military heroism. Joseph Soeters, Emeritus professor Tilburg University, the Netherlands, (jmml.soeters@gmail.com)&nbsp;The Morale Component of the Russia-Ukraine War. Adi Sherzer & Samuel Boumendil&nbsp;Han Solo and Professor Moriarty: what interviewing soldiers taught me about heroism. Morten Brænder, Aarhus University.-&nbsp;Part Three: Changing National Contexts.-&nbsp;Between Heroization and Victimization. Assessing Empirical Evidence of Representations of Veterans in a Pre- and Post-Heroic Era (UK)&nbsp;Rita Phillips, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen UK,Contact: r.phillips5@rgu.ac.uk, Vince Connelly,Oxford Brookes University, UK, vconnelly@brookes.ac.uk&nbsp;I (still) need a Hero: Civilians, Society and the Continuing Need for military Heroism and Heroes (Israel). Elisheva Rosman, Bar-Ilan University&nbsp;From zero to hero: A conceptual framework of creating and recreating heroism based on the Estonian experience. Kairi Kasearu, Tiia-Triin Truusa, Eleri Lillemäe&nbsp;Canada’s military and the post-heroic condition. Eric Ouellet, Ph.D. Department of Defence Studies, Royal Military College of Canada&nbsp;South Korea: Declining but Persistent Military Heroism. Insoo Kim&nbsp;Civilian and military perceptions of heroism in war in Norway. On diverging paths? Torunn Haaland.-&nbsp;Part Four: Contested and Questioning Contexts&nbsp;Japan: a pacified heroism. Saya Kiba and Atsushi Yasutomi&nbsp;Military heroism in Germany: A contested and ever-changing concept. Maren Tomforde&nbsp;Legitimate Use of Violence? Interrogating the Hero-Soldier of the Marawi War in the Philippines. Rosalie Arcala Hall and Duvince Zhalimar Dumpit&nbsp;University of the Philippines Visayas&nbsp;rbarcalahall@up.edu.ph.-&nbsp;Part Five: Emerging Form of Alternative Heroism:&nbsp;Illustrating the post-heroic hero? Portraying the technological hero in Israel. Oshri Bar-Gil.-&nbsp;Military Contractors in a Post-Heroic Society: Organizational Adaptation and Military Autonomy. Christopher Kinsey and Eyal Ben-Ari&nbsp;Heroism in the Context of a Global Pandemic: Canadian Armed Forces Domestic Deployment in Response to COVID-19. Keith Pearce, PhD, Kathy Michaud, PhD, Irina Goldenberg, PhD, & Matthew G. Huebner, MA.&nbsp;Epilogue.-&nbsp;Re-enchanting the Heroic Military and continued enchantment. René Moelker, Eyal Ben-Ari, Uzi Ben-Shalom, Nehemia Stern</p>

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