Army of Hope, Army of Alienation: Culture and Contradiction in the American Army Communities of Cold War Germany

by John P. Hawkins

Book Overview

This ethnography describes the intense contradictions that exist between the cultural values of American life and the cultural values needed to survive in combat, as represented through the experiences of forward-deployed U.S. Army units in Germany during the height of the Cold War. Living in constant military readiness, yet participating in peacetime community and family processes, Army personnel had to tolerate the contradictions and live by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275967387
• ISBN13: 9780275967383
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 9.6"