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The girls next door : bringing the home front to the front lines / Kara Dixon Vuic.

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The emotional toll of war can be as debilitating to soldiers as hunger, disease, and injury. Beginning in World War I, in an effort to boost soldiers' morale and remind them of the stakes of victory, the American military formalized a recreation program that sent respectable young women and fam...

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Main Author: Vuic, Kara Dixon, 1977- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
United States. > Army > Military life > History > 20th century.
Women and war > United States > History > 20th century.
Soldiers > Recreation > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > War work.
World War, 1939-1945 > War work.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > War work.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > War work.
Military morale > United States > History > 20th century.
United States. > Army.
Korean War (1950-1953)
Vietnam War (1961-1975)
World War (1914-1918)
World War (1939-1945)
Armed Forces > Military life.
Military morale.
Soldiers > Recreation.
War work.
Women and war.
United States.
History.

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Call Number: JZ6405.W66 V85 2019
JZ6405.W66 V85 2019 Aged to lost

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