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A startling, groundbreaking exploration, Military Brats is the
first book to identify a cultural group--children of the
military--that had been completely below the societal radar. Based
on five years of research, including in-depth interviews with
eighty military brats from all the armed services as well as
physicians, teachers, psychologists, social workers, and others,
this book finds the patterns that link all military children to a
common cultural identity. Wertsch employs extensive research to
probe the consequences-both positive and negative-of being raised
in a family characterized by rigid discipline, nomadic
rootlessness, dedication to military mission, and the threat of war
and personal loss. With its clear-eyed, sometimes shocking
depictions of alcoholism and domestic violence, and its empathy for
military parents caught up in an extremely demanding way of life,
Military Brats provides catharsis, insight, and a path toward
healing. Mary Wertsch not only defines America's most invisible
minority for the very first time, she also passionately exhorts the
children of warriors to come to terms with their native Fortress
legacies so that they might take full advantage of the positive
endowment that is also their birthright. Civilians will find this
book eye-opening. Military parents will find it at once challenging
and sympathetic. And military brats will know in their hearts that
this is the book they've been waiting for. This new edition retains
the same content as the original, with only minor changes. This
edition is now labelled Volume 1; a Volume 2 is in the works.
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