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The sexual economy of war : discipline and desire in the U.S. Army /

"Discusses how during the first four decades of the twentieth century the U.S. Army regulated almost all forms of sexual behavior and expressions by soldiers and uses the concept of a sexual economy of war to highlight the interconnectedness of everything from homosexuality to rape and sexual v...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Byers, Andrew (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Colección:Battlegrounds (Ithaca, N.Y.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : society, sexuality, and the U.S. Army in the early twentieth-century
  • "Conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the military service" : Fort Riley, Kansas, 1898-1940
  • "Benevolent assimilation" and the dangers of the tropics : the American occupation of the Philippines, 1898-1918
  • "Come back clean" : Camp Beauregard and the Commission on Training Camp Activities (ctca) in Louisiana, 1917-1919
  • "Complete continence is wholly possible" : the U.S. Army in France and Germany, 1917-1923
  • The "racial (and sexual) maelstrom" in Hawaii, 1909-1940
  • Conclusion : ongoing concerns with soldiers' sexualities and sexual cultures.