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050	0	4	_aJZ6405 _b.G575 2019
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100	1		_aVuic, Kara Dixon, _d1977- _e1
245	1	0	_aThe girls next door : _bbringing the home front to the front lines / _cKara Dixon Vuic.
260			_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c(c)2019.
300			_a1 online resource (viii, 382 pages) : _billustrations
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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520	0		_aThe 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 respectable young women and famous entertainers overseas. Kara Dixon Vuic builds her narrative around the young women from across the United States, many of whom had never traveled far from home, who volunteered to serve in one of the nation's most brutal work environments. From the "Lassies" in France and mini-skirted coeds in Vietnam to Marlene Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe, Vuic provides a fascinating glimpse into wartime gender roles and the tensions that continue to complicate American women's involvement in the military arena. The recreation-program volunteers heightened the passions of troops but also domesticated everyday life on the bases. Their presence mobilized support for the war back home, while exporting American culture abroad. Carefully recruited and selected as symbols of conventional femininity, these adventurous young women saw in the theater of war a bridge between public service and private ambition. This story of the women who talked and listened, danced and sang, adds an intimate chapter to the history of war and its ties to life in peacetime.-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0	0	_aA new kind of woman is following the army: canteening on the Western Front -- _tTake your prettiest dresses and go: a touch of home in World War II -- _tThe difference between savagery and civilization: women in faraway places -- _tDancing for democracy: entertaining citizen-soldiers in the early Cold War -- _tLook, but don't touch: sexuality and entertainment in the Vietnam War -- _tNo beer, no booze, no babes: entertaining the all-volunteer military.
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610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy _xMilitary life _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aWomen and war _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aSoldiers _xRecreation _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _xWar work.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xWar work.
650		0	_aKorean War, 1950-1953 _xWar work.
650		0	_aVietnam War, 1961-1975 _xWar work.
650		0	_aMilitary morale _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1913277&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell