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The Girls Next Door - Bringing the Home Front to the Front Lines (Hardcover)
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The Girls Next Door - Bringing the Home Front to the Front Lines (Hardcover)
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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 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.
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