The Girls Next Door: Bringing the Home Front to the Front Lines

by Kara Dixon Vuic

Book Overview

The story of the intrepid young women who volunteered to help and entertain American servicemen fighting overseas, from World War I through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The emotional toll of war can be as debilitating to soldiers as hunger, disease, and injury. Beginning in World War I, in an effort to boost soldiers' morale and remind them of the stakes of victory, the American military formalized a recreation program that sent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674986385
• ISBN13: 9780674986381
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"