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un Peacekeeping and the International Men and Women of the Ghana Armed Forces

un Peacekeeping and the International Men and Women of the Ghana Armed Forces This article argues that after 1973, participation in United Nations peacekeeping operations abroad enabled Ghanaian military personnel and their families to employ the infrastructure of international military cooperation to form an alternate global identity that was not simply larger than the nation-state. Ghanaian military families found the experiences of international military education and peacekeeping personally rewarding, but they also connected Ghanaians to global communities while weakening some national bonds. International military service provided Ghanaian families alternate strategies to negotiate economic insecurity in ways that strikingly resemble other diaspora communities, with an essential difference: in this case, Ghanaian soldiers families’ transnational identity still depended on functioning state agencies and international diplomatic processes to facilitate their travel. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Military History and Historiography Brill

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2016 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
Subject
Articles
ISSN
2468-3299
eISSN
2468-3302
DOI
10.1163/24683302-03601002
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Abstract

This article argues that after 1973, participation in United Nations peacekeeping operations abroad enabled Ghanaian military personnel and their families to employ the infrastructure of international military cooperation to form an alternate global identity that was not simply larger than the nation-state. Ghanaian military families found the experiences of international military education and peacekeeping personally rewarding, but they also connected Ghanaians to global communities while weakening some national bonds. International military service provided Ghanaian families alternate strategies to negotiate economic insecurity in ways that strikingly resemble other diaspora communities, with an essential difference: in this case, Ghanaian soldiers families’ transnational identity still depended on functioning state agencies and international diplomatic processes to facilitate their travel.

Journal

International Journal of Military History and HistoriographyBrill

Published: Jun 28, 2016

Keywords: Ghana Armed Forces; Peacekeeping; Internationalism; United Nations; African Diaspora; Erskine; Emmanuel

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