My Country My Right To Serve

Author : Heather Stur
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216158486

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The U.S. Military and Civil Rights Since World War II by Heather Stur Pdf

Through examinations of U.S. military racial and gender integration efforts and its handling of sexuality, this book argues that the need for personnel filling the ranks has forced the armed services to be pragmatically progressive since World War II. The integration of African Americans and women into the United States Armed Forces after World War II coincided with major social movements in which marginalized civilians demanded equal citizenship rights. As this book explores, due to personnel needs, the military was a leading institution in its opening of positions to women and African Americans and its offering of educational and economic opportunities that in many cases were not available to them in the civilian world. By opening positions to African Americans and women and remaking its "where boys become men" image, the military was an institutional leader on the issue of social equality in the second half of the 20th century. The pushback against gay men and women wishing to serve openly in the forces, however, revealed the limits of the military's pragmatic progressivism. This text investigates how policymakers have defined who belongs in the military and counts as a soldier, and examines how the need to attract new recruits led to the opening of the forces to marginalized groups and the rebranding of the services.

Author : Mary Ann Humphrey
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015018979412

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My Country, My Right to Serve by Mary Ann Humphrey Pdf

The result of hundreds of interviews and years of research, this is an oral history of gay men and women in the military, ranging over the past five decades, describing in detail the military's long-standing persecution of lesbians and gay men. With stories from the famous (including Leonard Matlovich, Miriam Ben-Shalom, and Perry Watkins), from ordinary joes and janes living extraordinary lives, and from anonymous sources still serving.--From publisher description.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119614142

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Military Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1160 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Railroads
ISBN : MINN:319510017497815

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Appendix. Hearing before the Joint Subcommittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, November 1, 1917 to December 19, 1917 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce Pdf

Author : William James Linton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555016968

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The English republic, ed. by W.J. Linton by William James Linton Pdf

Author : Cynthia Enloe
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520923744

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Maneuvers by Cynthia Enloe Pdf

Maneuvers takes readers on a global tour of the sprawling process called "militarization." With her incisive verve and moxie, eminent feminist Cynthia Enloe shows that the people who become militarized are not just the obvious ones—executives and factory floor workers who make fighter planes, land mines, and intercontinental missiles. They are also the employees of food companies, toy companies, clothing companies, film studios, stock brokerages, and advertising agencies. Militarization is never gender-neutral, Enloe claims: It is a personal and political transformation that relies on ideas about femininity and masculinity. Films that equate action with war, condoms that are designed with a camouflage pattern, fashions that celebrate brass buttons and epaulettes, tomato soup that contains pasta shaped like Star Wars weapons—all of these contribute to militaristic values that mold our culture in both war and peace. Presenting new and groundbreaking material that builds on Enloe's acclaimed work in Does Khaki Become You? and Bananas, Beaches, and Bases, Maneuvers takes an international look at the politics of masculinity, nationalism, and globalization. Enloe ranges widely from Japan to Korea, Serbia, Kosovo, Rwanda, Britain, Israel, the United States, and many points in between. She covers a broad variety of subjects: gays in the military, the history of "camp followers," the politics of women who have sexually serviced male soldiers, married life in the military, military nurses, and the recruitment of women into the military. One chapter titled "When Soldiers Rape" explores the many facets of the issue in countries such as Chile, the Philippines, Okinawa, Rwanda, and the United States. Enloe outlines the dilemmas feminists around the globe face in trying to craft theories and strategies that support militarized women, locally and internationally, without unwittingly being militarized themselves. She explores the complicated militarized experiences of women as prostitutes, as rape victims, as mothers, as wives, as nurses, and as feminist activists, and she uncovers the "maneuvers" that military officials and their civilian supporters have made in order to ensure that each of these groups of women feel special and separate.

Author : James C Hormel,Erin Martin
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781616083984

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Fit to Serve by James C Hormel,Erin Martin Pdf

Presents the life of James Hormel, whose family built the successful SPAM business empire, and discusses his personal accounts as an anti-war activist and his struggle to become the first openly gay ambassador of the United States.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1344 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Law
ISBN : HARVARD:32044116494188

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Author : Robert Vaughn
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780879100810

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Only Victims by Robert Vaughn Pdf

In a dramatic change of role, the noted television and film star has written a vivid and incisive account of the House Committee on Un-American Activities' probe of the entertainment industry from 1938 to 1958. Formed to investigate alleged subversives, by the late fifties the committee had succeeded in ruining the careers and sometimes the lives of many of Hollywood and Broadway's top writers and performers. Quoting generously from transcripts of its hearings, Vaughn shows how the committee's primary purpose was punitive rather than legislative, and concludes that its most serious damage to American theatre and film is not easily documented: the loss of all the words never written or spoken because of the impact - and the fear - of the committee's misdeeds.

Author : James Duffy
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781596986015

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Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt by James Duffy Pdf

Describes how, angered by Charles Lindbergh's criticism of him, President Roosevelt launched a successful smear campaign against Lindbergh, accusing him of being a Nazi sympathizer, despite Lindbergh's anti-Nazi feelings and actions.

Author : William N. ESKRIDGE,William N Eskridge
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780674036581

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Gaylaw by William N. ESKRIDGE,William N Eskridge Pdf

This text provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal issues concerning gender and sexual nonconformity in the United States. The text is split into three parts covering the post-Civil war period to the 1980s, contemporary issues and legal arguments.

Author : Ilene Feinman
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780814726891

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Citizenship Rites by Ilene Feinman Pdf

Feinman (Institute for Human Communication, California State U.), labeling herself an antimilitarist feminist, attempts to account for and reconcile the structures that lead some feminists to insist on full inclusion and participation in the armed forces. Analyzing and approving the wish for inclusion as a will towards full citizenship, she nevertheless argues that the military and war itself are essentially expressions of patriarchy and calls for a dialogue between feminist militarists and feminist antimilitarist (without this dialogue, she fears, the field is left open to antifeminist militarists). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Gary Mucciaroni
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226544106

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Same Sex, Different Politics by Gary Mucciaroni Pdf

Why is it so much harder for American same-sex couples to get married than it is for them to adopt children? And why does our military prevent gays from serving openly even though jurisdictions nationwide continue to render such discrimination illegal? Illuminating the conditions that engender these contradictory policies, Same Sex, Different Politics explains why gay rights advocates have achieved dramatically different levels of success from one policy area to another. The first book to compare results across a wide range of gay rights struggles, this volume explores debates over laws governing military service, homosexual conduct, adoption, marriage and partner recognition, hate crimes, and civil rights. It reveals that in each area, the gay rights movement’s achievements depend both on Americans’ perceptions of its demands and on the political venue in which the conflict plays out. Adoption policy, for example, generally takes shape in a decentralized system of courts that enables couples to target sympathetic judges, while fights for gay marriage generally culminate in legislation or ballot referenda against which it is easier to mount opposition. Brilliantly synthesizing all the factors that contribute to each kind of outcome, Same Sex, Different Politics establishes a new framework for understanding the trajectory of a movement.

Author : Mark Hertzog
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814735299

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The Lavender Vote by Mark Hertzog Pdf

Based on exit polls for national and state elections in 1990 and 1992, analyzes the voting profile of people who identify themselves as lesbians, gay men, or bisexual. Finds that they constitute a disinherited social minority that has begun to acquire some electoral power, that their political beliefs and acts are different from those of the majority, and that sexual self-identity affects voting. Also finds that the group correlates directly with youth, so it is likely to grow. Developed from a doctoral dissertation. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Kristine Ashton Gunnell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440872471

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Voices of American Women's History from Reconstruction to the Present by Kristine Ashton Gunnell Pdf

This collection of historical and contemporary writing by women argues that, in addition to gender, identity markers such as race, class, religion, citizenship, sexuality, and marital status have influenced women's lives in the United States for more than 200 years. Voices of American Women's History illustrates that gender alone has never defined women's experiences in America. Women from diverse backgrounds are represented in media and documents that include pamphlets, book excerpts, personal narratives, photographs, advertisements, congressional testimonies, and Supreme Court rulings. Such issues as abortion, marriage equality, domestic violence, and gender parity are shown from historical and contemporary angles, as this collection of primary sources allows readers and students to easily trace how women's lives and histories have and continue to intersect. With a historical context for each selection, the book also features structured activities to help teachers with class discussion and exams, including suggestions for further reading, document analysis, essay questions, and manageable research assignments.