Contemporary Masculinities in the UK and the US: Between Bodies and Systems; Kevin Floyd and Stefan Horlacher -- Modern Day Mercenaries? Cowboys, Grey Men, and the Emotional Habitus; Paul Higate -- Rugged Individualists and Systemic Coups: Imagining Mercenary Masculinities in The Dogs of War (1974); Charity Fox -- Privileged Crises in the Wake of 9/11: Universalizing Masculinity in Ian McEwanâ€â€¦