Race and Gender in Modern Western Warfare / / David Ulbrich, Bobby A. Wintermute.

• Funder: Knowledge Unlatched
• VerfasserIn: Ulbrich, David,; Wintermute, Bobby A.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Wintermute, Bobby A.,
• Author: Knowledge Unlatched
• Place / Publishing House: München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2018]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (442 pages)

This book fills a gap in the historiographical and theoretical fields of race, gender, and war. In brief, Race and Gender in Modern Western Warfare (RGMWW) offers an introduction into how cultural constructions of identity are transformed by war and how they in turn influence the nature of military...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Foreword / Showalter, Dennis E.
• Preface
• Contents
• 1. Western Warfare as a Crucible for Constructions of Race and Gender
• 2. Race and Gender in the Nineteenth Century
• 3. Race, Gender, and Warfare during New Imperialism
• 4. Gender and the First World War
• 5. Race and the First World War
• 6. Race and Gender on the Eastern Front and in the Pacific War
• 7. Gender and Race on the Homefronts in the Second World War
• 8. Race and Gender in the United States during the Early Cold War
• 9. Race and Gender During Decolonization
• 10. The Future of Race and Gender in Warfare
• Bibliography
• Index