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The 12 men are from various parts of the UK and have been in the army for at least 15 years. By the time I arrive they are already seated around three sides of the square table, and since there is no room next to them I have to sit behind them at the back of the room. They are not comfortable with me being there at all and there is not much I can do to change that. Andy, the officer teaching the class, is welcoming and enthusiastic, and as he introduces me he checks that it’s ok if they use expletives as things can get quite ‘emotional’ at times. Someone wants to know if I am recording the session, and I try to reassure them that I am just there to listen.
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Ware, V. (2012). The Force of the Law. In: Military Migrants. Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137010032_7
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