Gregory A. Daddis (San Diego State University)

Pulp Vietnam

War and Gender in Cold War Men's Adventure Magazines

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Produktbeschreibung

Pulp Vietnam argues that Cold War-era men's adventure magazines crafted a particular version of martial masculinity that shaped GIs' expectations and perceptions of war in Vietnam by idealizing wartime heroism and the sexual conquest of women.

Produktdetails

• Military, War, and Society in Modern American History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 196mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 662g
• ISBN-13: 9781108493505
• ISBN-10: 1108493505
• Artikelnr.: 59919289

Autorenporträt

Gregory A. Daddis is a professor of history and the USS Midway Chair in Modern US Military History at San Diego State University. A retired US Army colonel, he has served in both Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom. He has authored four books, including Withdrawal: Reassessing America's Final Years in Vietnam (2017).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Warrior heroes and sexual conquerors
1. Macho pulp and the American cold war man
2. My father's war: the allure of World War II and Korea
3. The imagined 'savage' woman
4. The Vietnamese reality
5. War and sexual violence come to Vietnam
Conclusion. Male veterans remember their war.