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Warring over valor : how race and gender shaped American military heroism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
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- Creator
- edited by Simon Wendt
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2019]
- Series
- Physical Details
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- vi, 211 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0813597536, 9780813597577, 9780813597546, 9780813597553, 0813597544, 0813597579, 9780813597539
- OCLC
- on1035811496, on1080551429
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The end of military heroism? The American Legion and "service" between the Wars / George Lewis -- GI Joe Nisei: The invention of World War II's iconic Japanese American soldier / Ellen D. Wu -- Instrument of subjugation or avenue for liberation? Black military heroism from World War II to the Vietnam War / Simon Wendt -- "Warriors in uniform": Race, masculinity, and martial valor among native American veterans from the Great War to Vietnam and beyond / Matthias Voigt -- My Lai: The crisis of American military heroism in the Vietnam War / Steve Estes -- Leonard Matlovich: From military hero to gay rights poster boy / Simon Hall -- Displaying heroism: Media images of the weary soldier in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War / Amy Lucker -- "From louboutins to combat boots"? The negotiation of a twenty-first-century female warrior image in American popular culture and literature / Sarah Makeschin -- From warrior to soldier? Lakota veterans on military valor / Sonja John -- Virtual warfare: Video games, drones, and the reimagination of heroic masculinity / Carrie Andersen
Subjects
- Heroes -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Heroes -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Minorities -- History -- 20th century.
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Minorities -- History -- 21st century.
- United States -- History, Military -- 20th century.
- United States -- History, Military -- 21st century.