Army of hope, army of alienation : culture and contradiction in the American Army communities of Cold War Germany / John P. Hawkins ; foreword by Faris R. Kirkland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawkins, John Palmer, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army.

Sociology, Military--United States.

Sociology, Military.

Military bases, American.

United States.

Sociology, Military--Germany.

Germany.

United States. Army--Germany.

Military bases, American--Germany.

Physical Description:

xix, 332 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.

Summary:

Examines how the military corporate culture clashes with the values of American democracy, which produces a feeling of betrayal and disheartenment--a feeling known in academic disciplines as alienation and in the Army as "low morale."

Contents:

1 Army of Hope 19

2 "Inside the Fence": Community, Army, and Family in Context 31

3 "Ordered to Germany": Entry Shock and Its Lingering Impact 49

4 "Danger Forward, Sir!": Readiness and the Corruption of Leadership in Military Units 67

5 "Living with the Army": Family and Work in Conflict 97

6 "The Army Takes Care of Its Own": Breach of the Support for Sacrifice Contract 111

7 "The System Is Totally Screwed to Hell": Space-Available Health Care for the Military Family 129

8 "If You Can't Control Your Family": Law and Informal Military Control of the Family 145

9 "Little America": Islands of Isolation in Germany 167

10 "Living in a Fishbowl": Surveillance and Social Control in the Military Community 181

11 "You Gotta Get Away": From Taking a Break to Making an Escape 213

12 Army of Alienation 255.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-317) and index.

ISBN:

0275967387

OCLC:

44713137