Dr Allyson Edwards - Militarisation of Youth, Radicalisation of Society and Manipulation of History

The next generation of cannon fodder - the Militarisation of Youth and  Manipulation of History.   

Not only has Russia engaged in an aggressive war in 2022, but it’s also  been ramping up military actions abroad and militaristic education and  propaganda domestically, since the late 90s. In today’s interview I’m  exploring Militarisation of Youth and Manipulation of History with  Allyson Edwards.   

Dr Allyson Edwards is Lecturer in Global History at Bath Spa University,  researching militarism in Post-Soviet Russia. Her PhD project was fully  funded by the Wales Doctoral Training Partnership, which is the Welsh  branch of the Economic and Social Research Council. She currently  working on turning her thesis into book, and her research interests  include militarism, cultural Militarisation in Russia and Eurasia, the  Cold War, as well as the Commemoration and Use of Memory in politics and  educational spaces.