Joshua A. Sanborn is Assistant Professor of History at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Forming the National Compact 2. The Nation and the Dilemma of Difference 3. The Nation and the Challenge of Unity 4. The Nationalization of Masculinity 5. Violence and the Nation Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index

"Lively and engaging.... This work should be read by anyone interested in or concerned by the enduring relationship between war and the modern nation-state."—Canadian Journal of History"Highly original.... A very important work."—Mark von Hagen, author of Soldiers in the Proletarian Dictatorship"An impressive, important, and thought-provoking book. No one else has brought together the themes of war, mobilization, and ethnicity so clearly and effectively."—Peter Gatrell, author of A Whole Empire Walking

Joshua A. Sanborn is Assistant Professor of History at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Forming the National Compact 2. The Nation and the Dilemma of Difference 3. The Nation and the Challenge of Unity 4. The Nationalization of Masculinity 5. Violence and the Nation Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index

"Lively and engaging.... This work should be read by anyone interested in or concerned by the enduring relationship between war and the modern nation-state."—Canadian Journal of History"Highly original.... A very important work."—Mark von Hagen, author of Soldiers in the Proletarian Dictatorship"An impressive, important, and thought-provoking book. No one else has brought together the themes of war, mobilization, and ethnicity so clearly and effectively."—Peter Gatrell, author of A Whole Empire Walking

Joshua A. Sanborn is Assistant Professor of History at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Forming the National Compact 2. The Nation and the Dilemma of Difference 3. The Nation and the Challenge of Unity 4. The Nationalization of Masculinity 5. Violence and the Nation Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index

"Lively and engaging.... This work should be read by anyone interested in or concerned by the enduring relationship between war and the modern nation-state."—Canadian Journal of History"Highly original.... A very important work."—Mark von Hagen, author of Soldiers in the Proletarian Dictatorship"An impressive, important, and thought-provoking book. No one else has brought together the themes of war, mobilization, and ethnicity so clearly and effectively."—Peter Gatrell, author of A Whole Empire Walking