Officer, nurse, woman : the Army Nurse Corps in the Vietnam War / Kara Dixon Vuic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vuic, Kara Dixon, 1977-

Series:

War, society, culture.

War, society, culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Medical care--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Military nursing--United States--History--20th century.

Military nursing.

Military nursing--Vietnam--History--20th century.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Women--United States.

Women and war.

United States. Army Nurse Corps--History--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 271 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Officer, Nurse, Woman brings to light the nearly forgotten contributions of brave nurses who risked their lives to bring medical care to soldiers during a terrible--and divisive--war.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: "Lady, you're in the army now"

1 "The Bright Adventure of Army Nursing": Meeting Nursing Demands for the Vietnam War

2 "An officer and a gentleman": Gender and a Changing Army

3 "A wonderful, horrible experience": Nursing Education and Practice

4 "Helmets and hair curlers": Gender and Wartime Nursing

5 "I'm afraid we're going to have to just change our ways": Wives, Mothers, and Pregnant Nurses in the Army

6 "You mean we get women over here?": Gender and Sexuality in the War Zone

7 "Not All Women Wore Love Beads in the Sixties": Postwar Depictions of Vietnam War Nurses

Conclusion: Officers, Nurses, and Women

Notes

Essay on Sources

Index

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Photo Section.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-9713-0

OCLC:

593239761