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Military Duty during Mission Deployment: Exploring Local Relations and Dynamics of Cohesion—The Case of Swedish Troops
Swedish Defence University, Department of War Studies and Military History, Strategy Division.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1734-4374
2024 (English)In: Armed forces and society, ISSN 0095-327X, E-ISSN 1556-0848, Vol. 50, no 4, p. 1150-1174Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article explores contemporary understandings of military duty and dynamics of cohesion during deployment with a focus on host–citizen relations. Duty is treated as a perception-based dynamic construct shaped, in part, by operational experiences. Traditionally, Western military duty is defined by conventional obligations of loyalty to the military unit and mission in the context of combat operations, in these ways linked to military cohesion. However, in response to increasingly “population-oriented” military operations, I argue the need to broaden the study of military duty and cohesion beyond interpersonal bonds of the military organization to include the role of host–citizen relations. In-depth interviews with Swedish service members reaffirm the centrality of conventional duty to the mission and military unit, yet also indicate varying levels and forms of obligations to local actors. Overall, understandings of duty matter to cohesion both as a unifying force and source of tension within the mission.

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2024. Vol. 50, no 4, p. 1150-1174
Keywords [en]
cohesion, military duty, mission deployment, peacekeeping, host-nation actors, Swedish Armed Forces
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URN: urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-11983DOI: 10.1177/0095327x231160424OAI: oai:DiVA.org:fhs-11983DiVA, id: diva2:1816583
Available from: 2023-12-04 Created: 2023-12-04 Last updated: 2024-09-13Bibliographically approved

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