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During the Second World War, Indigenous people in the United
States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada mobilised en masse to
support the war effort, despite withstanding centuries of
colonialism. Their roles ranged from ordinary soldiers fighting on
distant shores, to soldiers capturing Japanese prisoners on their
own territory, to women working in munitions plants on the home
front. R. Scott Sheffield and Noah Riseman examine Indigenous
experiences of the Second World War across these four settler
societies. Informed by theories of settler colonialism, martial
race theory and military sociology, they show how Indigenous people
and their communities both shaped and were shaped by the Second
World War. Particular attention is paid to the policies in place
before, during and after the war, highlighting the ways that
Indigenous people negotiated their own roles within the war effort
at home and abroad.
Trans and gender diverse people have always been present in
Australian life, whether they've lived quiet lives in the country,
performed in cabaret shows, worked on the streets or run for
parliament. But over the last century there have been remarkable
changes in how they have identified and expressed themselves.
Transgender Australia is the first book to chart the changing
social, medical, legal and lived experiences of trans and gender
diverse people in Australia since 1910. Drawing on over a hundred
oral history interviews and previously unexamined documents and
media reports, it highlights how trans people have tried to live
authentically while navigating a society that often treated them
like outcasts. It is the first book to chart the history of gender
diverse Australians, exploring both progress and ongoing battles.
It is also a celebration of ways that transgender participation has
enriched our lives in all its cultural diversity.
During the Second World War, Indigenous people in the United
States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada mobilised en masse to
support the war effort, despite withstanding centuries of
colonialism. Their roles ranged from ordinary soldiers fighting on
distant shores, to soldiers capturing Japanese prisoners on their
own territory, to women working in munitions plants on the home
front. R. Scott Sheffield and Noah Riseman examine Indigenous
experiences of the Second World War across these four settler
societies. Informed by theories of settler colonialism, martial
race theory and military sociology, they show how Indigenous people
and their communities both shaped and were shaped by the Second
World War. Particular attention is paid to the policies in place
before, during and after the war, highlighting the ways that
Indigenous people negotiated their own roles within the war effort
at home and abroad.
In the campaign against Japan in the Pacific during the Second
World War, the armed forces of the United States, Australia,
and the Australian colonies of Papua and New Guinea made use
of indigenous peoples in new capacities. The United States had long
used American Indians as soldiers and scouts in frontier conflicts
and in wars with other nations. With the advent of the Navajo Code
Talkers in the Pacific theater, Native servicemen were now being
employed for contributions that were unique to their Native
cultures. In contrast, Australia, Papua, and New Guinea had long
attempted to keep indigenous peoples out of the armed forces
altogether. With the threat of Japanese invasion, however, they
began to bring indigenous peoples into the military as guerilla
patrollers, coastwatchers, and regular soldiers. Defending Whose
Country? is a comparative study of the military participation of
Papua New Guineans, Yolngu, and Navajos in the Pacific theater. In
examining the decisions of state and military leaders to bring
indigenous peoples into military service, as well as the decisions
of indigenous individuals to serve in the armed forces, Noah
Riseman reconsiders the impact of the largely forgotten
contributions of indigenous soldiers in the Second World War.
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Since the Second World War the Australian military has undergone
remarkable transformations in the way it has treated lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender and intersex service members: it has shifted
from persecuting, hunting and discharging LGBTI members to
embracing them as valued members who enhance the Force's
capabilities. LGBTI people have served in the Australian military
since its very beginnings, yet Australian Defence Force histories
have been very slow to recognise this. Pride in Defence confronts
that silence. It charts the changing policies and practices of the
ADF, illuminating the experiences of LGBTI members in what was
often a hostile institution. Drawing on over 140 interviews and
previously unexamined documents, Pride in Defence features accounts
of secret romances, police surveillance and traumatic discharges.
At its centre are the courageous LGBTI members who served their
country in the face of systemic prejudice. In doing so, they showed
the power of diversity and challenged the ADF to make it a far
stronger institution.
Most people have heard of the United States' infamous 'Don't Ask,
Don't Tell' policy, yet few know about Australia's own history of
LGBT military service. In Serving in Silence? lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender servicemen and women share their personal
stories for the first time. The book explores the emotional stress
they experienced hiding their sexuality or gender identity under
official bans, as well as the challenges facing those who have
served openly in the last 25 years. Tracing the ADF's
transformation to the inclusive organisation it is today, Serving
in Silence? also highlights the pivotal role of military service in
the lives of many LGBT Australians and how they have served their
country with distinction.
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