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Author Byers, Andrew, author

Title The sexual economy of war : discipline and desire in the U.S. Army / Andrew Byers
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019
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Description 1 online resource (x, 278 pages)
Series Battlegrounds : Cornell studies in military history
Battlegrounds (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Contents 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
Summary "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 violence"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 18, 2019)
Subject United States. Army -- History -- 20th century
SUBJECT United States. Army fast
Subject Soldiers -- Sexual behavior -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Military discipline -- United States -- History -- 20th century
War and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
HISTORY -- Military -- United States.
Military discipline
Soldiers -- Sexual behavior
War and society
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018040974
ISBN 9781501736452
1501736450
1501736469
9781501736469