Seeks to penetrate the logic, social structure, and daily practice of life in American military communities in Germany Army life has always been known as a life of sacrifice, challenge, and frustration, yet one filled also with deep satisfactions. This is...
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...