Veteran Institute Interview 897: Post-Deployment Experiences in Bosnia

An interview transcript from the Veterans Institute, last updated on 2025-10-24, detailing a Dutch veteran's experiences during a UNPROFOR mission in Bosnia. The subject, Dirk Appelo, discusses challenges with adaptation, feelings of isolation, and difficulties reintegrating into civilian society upon return. The data is part of the DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection.

Use Cases

• Analyze themes of personal growth and loss based on the veteran's description of his UNPROFOR mission.
• Study adaptation problems and feelings of isolation based on the interview's discussion of initial deployment struggles.
• Research post-deployment transition challenges based on the subject's reported difficulty returning to civilian society.
• Examine the role of language skills in military-civilian mediation based on the mention of the veteran facilitating between observers and locals.

Strengths

• Interview content is described in detail, providing context for the veteran's specific experiences.
• Dataset is part of a curated collection from DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Veteranen Instituut

Collection Method

Interview

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-24 03:30:09; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bosnia