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Army of hope, army of alienation : culture and contradiction in the American Army communities of Cold War Germany
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Army of hope, army of alienation : culture and contradiction in the American Army communities of Cold War Germany

Author: John Palmer Hawkins
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: John Palmer Hawkins
ISBN: 0275967387 9780275967383
OCLC Number: 44713137
Description: xix, 332 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: 1 Army of Hope -- 2 "Inside the Fence": -- Community, Army, and Family in Context -- 3 "Ordered to Germany": -- Entry Shock and Its Lingering Impact -- 4 "Danger Forward, Sir!": -- Readiness and the Corruption of Leadership in Military Units -- 5 "Living with the Army": -- Family and Work in Conflict -- 6 "The Army Takes Care of Its Own": -- Breach of the Support for Sacrifice Contract -- 7 "The System Is Totally Screwed to Hell": -- Space-Available Health Care for the Military Family -- 8 "If You Can't Control Your Family": -- Law and Informal Military Control of the Family -- 9 "Little America": -- Islands of Isolation in Germany -- 10 "Living in a Fishbowl": -- Surveillance and Social Control in the Military Community -- 11 "You Gotta Get Away": -- From Taking a Break to Making an Escape -- 12 Army of Alienation -- Conclusion.
Responsibility: John P. Hawkins ; foreword by Faris R. Kirkland.
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