Paradise in Hell , livre ebook

Paradise in Hell studies the role played by alcohol, morphine, cocaine, cannabis and amphetamines in the Spanish Civil War. The book analyses the moral discourses that were produced around these substances, the policies implemented by civil and military authorities, the consumption by combatants and civilians, and the role they played in the war effort. From these four perspectives, Paradises in Hell explores the everyday experiences of soldiers and civilians, the physical, psychological and emotional effects of war, the rituals of camaraderie, and the impact that the absence of these substances had on the morale of soldiers and civilians. The book also gives special attention to the role these substances played in the development of respectable, tough and cocky masculinities, in the construction of a sense of national community and everyday nationalism, and in the dehumanisation of the enemy in a way that legitimised violence.AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart One: Bullets and Alcohol1. Controversies, paradoxes and compromises2. The bar front: respectable masculinity on the home front3. ‘Drinks of death’: respectable masculinity at the front4. ‘Raging drunk’: Republican dehumanisation of the enemy5. ‘Who are the real drunkards?’: Insurgent dehumanisation of the enemy6. ‘Drunk on blood and alcohol’: ethylic monsters and violence7. ‘Drinking reveals the good warrior’: everyday nationalism, tough and cocky masculinity8. Alcohol on the front line9. The ‘malignant’ consequences of alcohol: discipline, psychosis and alcoholismPart Two: Artificial Paradise10. Drugs and modern war: a global context11. The unstoppable path towards ‘degeneration’12. The toxic enemy: anti-drug discourses during the Spanish Civil War13. ‘Morfo’ and ‘coco’ in the Spanish Civil War14. The pharmaceutical industry and the war effort15. The black market and the war on drugs16. From kif smoke to the amphetamine myth17. The psychoactive legacies of warConclusionsReferences