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It can be difficult for researchers from outside the military to gain access to the field. However, there is a rich source on the military that is readily available for every researcher: military memoirs. This source does provide some methodological challenges with regard to truth and (self) censorship, nevertheless. This study questions how truth and (self) censorship issues influence the content of these military autobiographies. It shows that these issues are not only a concern for researchers, but also for military writers themselves. The study provides concrete quantitative data based on military Afghanistan memoirs published between 2001 and 2010 from …

Het septembernummer van het veteranenblad Checkpoint is een special over veteranenboeken. Vanwege mijn wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar internationale militaire schrijvers, wilde de redactie graag weten of Nederlandse veteranenauteurs anders zijn dan militaire schrijvers uit andere landen. Mijn antwoord op die vraag is in dit artikel te vinden.