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The Sexual Economy of War : Discipline and Desire in the U.S. Army /

In The Sexual Economy of War, Andrew Byers argues that in the early twentieth century, concerns about unregulated sexuality affected every aspect of how the US Army conducted military operations. Far from being an exercise marginal to the institution and its scope of operations, governing sexuality...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Byers, Andrew (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Colección:Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Society, Sexuality, and the U.S. Army in the Early Twentieth Century
  • Chapter 1. "Conduct of a Nature to Bring Discredit upon the Military Service" Fort Riley, Kansas, 1898-1940
  • Chapter 2. "Benevolent Assimilation" and the Dangers of the Tropics. The American Occupation of the Philippines, 1898-1918
  • Chapter 3. "Come Back Clean". Camp Beauregard and the Commission on Training Camp Activities in Louisiana, 1917-1919
  • Chapter 4. "Complete Continence Is Wholly Possible" . The U.S. Army in France and Germany, 1917-1923
  • Chapter 5. The "Racial (and Sexual) Maelstrom" in Hawaii, 1909-1940
  • Conclusion. Ongoing Concerns with Soldiers' Sexualities and Sexual Cultures
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index