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King, Anthony and Bury, Patrick (2024) How (not) to win a medal : military professionalism, gallantry awards and the problem of fraud. Armed Forces & Society . doi:10.1177/0095327X231160104 ISSN 0095-327X. (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X231160104
Abstract
Gallantry medals are invested with deep significance not only by the armed forces but also by civilian society. In the last decade, there has been a debate in sociology about whether the medallic regime has become post-heroic or whether it has professionalized. This article contributes to these debates by focusing on the topic of fraudulent medals. Fake medals are very rare; there has been one proven case in the United Kingdom in the last 20 years. However, precisely because fake medals are the exception, their pathologies illustrate the processes by which medals are actually awarded with particular clarity. This analysis of the fake medal shows that gallantry awards have professionalized; in the UK medals have become more meritocratic, recognizing skill not status. The awarding process is also more objective. Yet, its very professionalism is ironically vulnerable to a specific type of fraud by skilful but cynical citation writers.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | U Military Science > U Military Science (General) | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Military decorations, Decorations of honor, Heroes, Medal of Honor, Courage, War and society, Great Britain -- History, Military -- 20th century | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Armed Forces & Society | ||||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0095-327X | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2024 | ||||||||
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DOI: | 10.1177/0095327X231160104 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||||
Re-use Statement: | Posted ahead of print. King, Anthony and Bury, Patrick (2023) How (not) to win a medal : military professionalism, gallantry awards and the problem of fraud. Armed Forces & Society. Copyright © 2023 by Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. DOI: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/AFS Users who receive access to an article through a repository are reminded that the article is protected by copyright and reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses. | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | © The Author(s) 2023. | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 April 2023 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 18 April 2023 | ||||||||
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