The girls next door : bringing the home front to the front lines /

The emotional toll of war can be as debilitating to soldiers as hunger, disease, and injury. Beginning in World War I, in an effort to boost soldiers' morale and remind them of the stakes of victory, the American military formalized a recreation program that sent respectable young women and fam...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vuic, Kara Dixon, 1977- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Temas:
United States. > Army > Military life > History > 20th century.
United States. > Army.
1900-1999
Women and war > United States > History > 20th century.
Soldiers > Recreation > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > War work.
World War, 1939-1945 > War work.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > War work.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > War work.
Military morale > United States > History > 20th century.
Femmes et guerre > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Militaires > Loisirs > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Participation des civils.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Participation des civils.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Participation des civils.
Militaires > Moral > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Armed Forces > Military life.
Military morale.
Soldiers > Recreation.
War work.
Women and war.
United States.
History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
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