The sexual economy of war : discipline and desire in the U.S. Army / Andrew Byers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byers, Andrew, author.

Series:

Battlegrounds (Ithaca, N.Y.)

Battlegrounds : Cornell studies in military history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

United States.

United States. Army.

Soldiers--Sexual behavior--United States--History--20th century.

Soldiers.

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

Military discipline.

War and society--United States--History--20th century.

War and society.

Soldiers--Sexual behavior.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Discusses how during the first four decades of the twentieth century the U.S. Army regulated almost all forms of sexual behavior and expressions by soldiers and uses the concept of a sexual economy of war to highlight the interconnectedness of everything from homosexuality to rape and sexual violence"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : society, sexuality, and the U.S. Army in the early twentieth-century

"Conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the military service" : Fort Riley, Kansas, 1898-1940

"Benevolent assimilation" and the dangers of the tropics : the American occupation of the Philippines, 1898-1918

"Come back clean" : Camp Beauregard and the Commission on Training Camp Activities (ctca) in Louisiana, 1917-1919

"Complete continence is wholly possible" : the U.S. Army in France and Germany, 1917-1923

The "racial (and sexual) maelstrom" in Hawaii, 1909-1940

Conclusion : ongoing concerns with soldiers' sexualities and sexual cultures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Byers, Andrew, author. Sexual economy of war

ISBN:

9781501736445

1501736442

OCLC:

1050142432