Officer, nurse, woman : the Army Nurse Corps in the Vietnam War / / Kara Dixon Vuic

• Autore: Vuic Kara Dixon <1977->
• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 271 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 959.704/37
• Soggetto topico: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Medical care - United States; Military nursing - United States - History - 20th century; Military nursing - Vietnam - History - 20th century; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Women - United States; Women and war
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "Lady, you're in the army now" -- 1 "The Bright Adventure of Army Nursing": Meeting Nursing Demands for the Vietnam War -- 2 "An officer and a gentleman": Gender and a Changing Army -- 3 "A wonderful, horrible experience": Nursing Education and Practice -- 4 "Helmets and hair curlers": Gender and Wartime Nursing -- 5 "I'm afraid we're going to have to just change our ways": Wives, Mothers, and Pregnant Nurses in the Army -- 6 "You mean we get women over here?": Gender and Sexuality in the War Zone -- 7 "Not All Women Wore Love Beads in the Sixties": Postwar Depictions of Vietnam War Nurses -- Conclusion: Officers, Nurses, and Women -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Photo Section.
• Sommario/riassunto: Officer, Nurse, Woman brings to light the nearly forgotten contributions of brave nurses who risked their lives to bring medical care to soldiers during a terrible--and divisive--war.
• Titolo autorizzato: Officer, nurse, woman
• ISBN: 0-8018-9713-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823043203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: War, society, culture.