Dying to Serve: Militarism, Affect, and the Politics of Sacrifice in the Pakistan Army

Given the fact militarism in general involves violence, either inflicted upon others or enduring it upon own bodies, what affects in the first place convince or attract the to-be soldiers to undertake such a way of livelihood/profession? It is a process that involves many drivers, motivations, internal pressures, external pulls, wish to survive in a competitive society, and many complicated processes. The latter terms invoke the much-vaunted hows: how these affects are constructed remains the main function of militarism, woos to-be soldiers and retains the support of the families that suffer because of the violence.