Beyond Combat: Women and Gender in the Vietnam War Era

by Heather Marie Stur

Book Overview

Beyond Combat investigates how the Vietnam War both reinforced and challenged the gender roles that were key components of American Cold War ideology. Refocusing attention onto women and gender paints a more complex and accurate picture of the war's far-reaching impact beyond the battlefields. Encounters between Americans and Vietnamese were shaped by a cluster of intertwined images used to make sense of and justify American intervention and use of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521127416
• ISBN13: 9780521127417
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"