04973nam 2201309Ia 450 991079165470332120230725015912.00-8147-9748-20-8147-9725-310.18574/9780814797488(CKB)2560000000054742(EBL)866139(OCoLC)779828438(SSID)ssj0000468834(PQKBManifestationID)11284642(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468834(PQKBWorkID)10521250(PQKB)11635195(StDuBDS)EDZ0001323651(MiAaPQ)EBC866139(OCoLC)697174365(MdBmJHUP)muse4851(DE-B1597)548634(DE-B1597)9780814797488(Au-PeEL)EBL866139(CaPaEBR)ebr10437864(EXLCZ)99256000000005474220091002d2010 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrEntangling alliances[electronic resource] foreign war brides and American soldiers in the twentieth century /Susan ZeigerNew York New York University Pressc20101 online resource (312 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-9717-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 “Cupid in the AEF” -- 2 “The Worst Kind of Women” -- 3 GIs and Girls around the Globe -- 4 “Good Mothers” -- 5 Interracialism, Pluralism, and Civil Rights -- 6 The Demise of the War Bride -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author Throughout the twentieth century, American male soldiers returned home from wars with foreign-born wives in tow, often from allied but at times from enemy nations, resulting in a new, official category of immigrant: the “allied” war bride. These brides began to appear en masse after World War I, peaked after World War II, and persisted through the Korean and Vietnam Wars. GIs also met and married former “enemy” women under conditions of postwar occupation, although at times the US government banned such unions.In this comprehensive, complex history of war brides in 20th-century American history, Susan Zeiger uses relationships between American male soldiers and foreign women as a lens to view larger issues of sexuality, race, and gender in United States foreign relations. Entangling Alliances draws on a rich array of sources to trace how war and postwar anxieties about power and national identity have long been projected onto war brides, and how these anxieties translate into public policies, particularly immigration.Intercountry marriageUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMilitary spousesUnited StatesHistory20th centurySoldiersFamily relationshipsUnited StatesHistory20th centurySoldiersSexual behaviorUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWar bridesUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesHistory, Military20th century20th-century.Alliances.American.Entangling.States.Susan.United.Zeiger.about.anxieties.array.been.between.brides.complex.comprehensive.draws.foreign.gender.have.history.identity.immigration.into.issues.larger.lens.long.male.national.onto.particularly.policies.postwar.power.projected.public.race.relations.relationships.rich.sexuality.soldiers.sources.these.this.trace.translate.uses.view.women.Intercountry marriageHistoryMilitary spousesHistorySoldiersFamily relationshipsHistorySoldiersSexual behaviorHistoryWar bridesHistory306.808835500973Zeiger Susan1959-1513553MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791654703321Entangling alliances3748119UNINA