Beyond Combat

English View all editions and formats Summary:. Allow this favorite library to be seen by others Keep this favorite library private. Find a copy in the library Finding libraries that hold this item Heather Marie Stur Find more information about: Publisher Synopsis 'Heather Stur provides us with a rangy and insightful exploration of how the Vietnam War reconstituted the political culture of gender in ways that were transformational and retrograde, life-affirming and violent, liberating and dehumanizing.

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Linked Data More info about Linked Data. Home About Help Search. Privacy Policy Terms and Conditions. Remember me on this computer. Cancel Forgot your password? Since the gender ideology itself was an unspoken and abstract force that dictated the decisions and the events in the period, it is certainly challenging to raise awareness and earn attention from the public. But this book had curated the stories and the events tremendously well together that it can give readers a vivid look on what the gender ideology had caused to the generation of the Cold War period, bringing the deep an unspeakable issue into the surface.

Jun 25, Toni rated it liked it Shelves: This is a well written and researched book on the issues of gender and patriarchy that infused much of the cultural and military propaganda surrounding the Vietnam war. The main thesis of the text is that the John Wayne, Cold War, patriarchal and masculine attitudes that were a part of the American military action in Vietnam were fraught with sexualized and gendered narratives that were detrimental to both women and men in Vietnam.

The author divides the chapters by the different perspectives of This is a well written and researched book on the issues of gender and patriarchy that infused much of the cultural and military propaganda surrounding the Vietnam war. The author divides the chapters by the different perspectives of women during the war: Vietnamese women were demonized or prostituted, while American women were required to maintain the aura of the girl next door. The author provides many first hand accounts through interviews that add an emotional value to the researched material.

My only complaint is that the final chapter that seeks to intertwine the research with narratives on the civil rights movement is disjointed and does not flow as well as the other chapters. All in all, a very interesting read. Mar 04, Craig Werner rated it it was amazing Shelves: Beyond Combat is the definitive book on women and gender in Vietnam. Based on extensive interviews and archival research, the book demonstrates the ways Cold War notions of gender contributed to the policy decisions that put American military personal in utterly untenable positions.

The book balances personal testimony with analysis of the enveloping social and cultural contexts which effected individual experience. While her emphasis is primarily on Americans in Vietnam, the framing chapter on Beyond Combat is the definitive book on women and gender in Vietnam.

While her emphasis is primarily on Americans in Vietnam, the framing chapter on Madame Nhu as Orientalist dragon lady. Similarly, she considers the image of the "girl next door" in need of protection in relation to the actual positions of donut dollies nurses and WACs in Vietnam.

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Turning her attention to gender in relation to male troops, she focuses on the inexorable collapse of the John Wayne image of heroic manhood. It's a beautifully written book which places narrative in the foreground without neglecting the significance of the stories she tells. Dec 01, Brandi rated it it was amazing.

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This book really opened my eyes to things I was never taught about Vietnam. It was well researched and interesting; definitely a great perspective on the gender ideals of the military and how that contributed to Vietnam. Definitely worth a read.

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