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"Too Sweet and Innocent for War"?: Dutch Peacekeepers and the Use of Violence
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Based on anthropological fieldwork, this article studies the experience of two Dutchpeacekeeping units: the "Grizzly" artillery battery that was deployed to Kosovo in 1999(KFOR2) and the "Bulldog" infantry company that was deployed to Bosnia in 2000(SFOR8). By examining the units' experience from training through deployment, thisarticle argues that the Dutch army is a threatened organization that suffers from a relativelylow status in society. The army gains support mainly by performing peace missions,which soldiers perceive as "feminine" and therefore inappropriate. This articleexamines how Dutch soldiers train for peacekeeping missions and demonstrates that thistraining takes the shape of infantry combat exercises, a characteristic that negativelyinfluences the soldiers' level of satisfaction during deployments.
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