Tracking Jack by Diane Capri

Tracking Jack by Diane Capri

This edited volume explores the new directions emerging in the field of war and culture through six essays that examine conflicts and their cultural legacy from the First World War to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

The first two essays focus on the French experience of the World Wars through, first, a study of trench poetry and then the sexual experiences of POWs in Germany. The next two essays focus on gendered and especially women's experiences of conflict through, first, a study of women's war labour in the British army and then analysis of women photojournalists' role in promoting the adoption of Vietnamese babies in the USA. This volume concludes with two essays focusing on twenty-first century conflict. The first explores representations of veterancy in contemporary Romanian fiction, and the second, the phenomenon of fanvids in relation to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Originally published as a special issue of the>Journal for War & Culture Studies, the book indicates new directions of travel for this sub-discipline and reflects the Journal's commitment over the past two decades to bring the Arts and Humanities and the Social Sciences into dialogue with each other.

Diane Capri's writing is full of thrills and suspense, but it's also intellectual and human, according to #1 worldwide publishing hit Lee Child. Margaret Maron, MWA Past President and Grand Master and recipient of the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha, and Macavity Awards, states, Expertise shows on every page. ....offers gripping legal drama with courtroom undertones, twisting plots, and oodles of atmosphere, according to Library Journal. That is highly recommended. Diane Capri is a Licensed to Thrill actress who does exactly that.

Don't Know Jack was the first book in Diane's Hunt for Jack Reacher series, which continues to enthrall readers all around the world. Diane's works have all reached #1 Bestseller status on the lists of Mystery, Hard-boiled Mystery, Police Procedural, Women Sleuths, and Legal Thrillers. Diane's best-selling Hunt for Justice series is a fan favorite all around the world, and she was named a Top Pick by Romantic Times Magazine. Diane is a former Executive Vice President of International Thriller Writers, a former member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, and a member of Sisters in Crime and other writing groups.

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