Making the immigrant soldier : how race, ethnicity, class, and gender intersect in the US military / Cristina-Ioana Dragomir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dragomir, Cristina-Ioana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Armed Forces.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages)

Other Title:

Making the Immigrant Soldier

Place of Publication:

Champaign : University of Illinois Press, 2023.

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Immigrants to the United States have long used the armed forces as a shortcut to citizenship. Cristina-Ioana Dragomir profiles Lily, Alexa, and Vikrant, three immigrants of varying nationalities and backgrounds who chose military service as their way of becoming American citizens. Privileging the trio's own words and experiences, Dragomir crafts a human-focused narrative that moves from their lives in their home countries and decisions to join the military to their fraught naturalization processes within the service. Dragomir illuminates how race, ethnicity, class, and gender impacted their transformation from immigrant to soldier, veteran, and American. She explores how these factors both eased their journeys and created obstacles that complicated their access to healthcare, education, economic resources, and other forms of social justice. A compelling union of analysis and rich storytelling, Making the Immigrant Soldier traces the complexities of serving in the military in order to pursue the American dream"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface. "I Am Light Green"

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Conceptual Work Lily Alexa Vikrant

Conclusion Appendix: Creating Social Research

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Title from eBook information screen..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-252-05430-X