Making War at Fort Hood : Life and Uncertainty in a Military Community /

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Making War at Fort Hood offers an illuminating look at war through the daily lives of the people whose job it is to produce it. Kenneth MacLeish conducted a year of intensive fieldwork among soldiers and their families at and around the US Army's Fort Hood in central Texas. He shows how war...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: MacLeish, Kenneth T., 1979-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Army.
United States. > Army > Military life.
Militärstützpunkt
Alltag
Familienangehöriger
Soldat
Veterans > Mental health.
Soldiers.
Social conditions.
Social aspects.
Psychological aspects.
Armed Forces > Military life.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HISTORY > Military > Iraq War (2003- )
Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011 > Anciens combattants > Sante mentale > États-Unis.
Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011 > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011 > Aspect psychologique.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Veterans > Mental health > United States.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Social aspects > United States.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Psychological aspects.
Families of military personnel > Texas > Fort Hood > Social conditions.
Soldiers > Texas > Fort Hood.
Texas
United States.
Texas > Fort Hood.
Iraq.
Fort Hood (Tex.) > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Abbreviations; Prologue: "Don't Fuckin' Leave Any of This Shit Out"; Introduction; 1 A Site of Exception; 2 Heat, Weight, Metal, Gore, Exposure; 3 Being Stuck and Other Problems in the Reproduction of Life; 4 Vicissitudes of Love; 5 War Economy; Postscript: So-called Resiliency; Acknowledgments; Appendix: Army Rank Structure; Notes; References; Index.

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