Proving Patriotismo - Latino Military Recruitment, Service, and Belonging in the US (Hardcover)

In Proving Patriotismo, the authors examine Latino military recruitment and question whether military service is perceived and functions as a vehicle by which Latinos in the United States can be accepted as first-class citizens and improve their economic station? This work provides the first empirical analysis of the poverty draft by asking over 1,800 Latino high school students in South Texas about their experiences with military recruitment. The authors then employ additional original interview data with high school faculty and administration to assess how the military seeks to attract Latino students. Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces are also surveyed to understand their military experience and assess whether their service improved their acceptance as American and improved their post-service quality of life. The work concludes with an examination of national survey data where Latinos provide their views of the U.S. military and Latino military service. The result of this work is a complex picture where the intersection of poverty, ethnicity and patriotism demonstrates why the U.S. military targets a growing Latino population for recruitment and why Latinos in the United States seeking to improve their economic station and their acceptance as American are open to these overtures.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2021
Authors:	Adam McGlynn • Jessica Lavariega Monforti
Dimensions:	227 x 162 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	226
ISBN-13:	978-1-79363-847-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
LSN:	1-79363-847-0
Barcode:	9781793638472

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