Army of Hope, Army of Alienation: Culture and Contradiction in the American Army Communities of Cold War GermanyThis ethnography describes the intense contradictions that exist between the cultural values of American life and the cultural values needed to survive in combat, as represented through the experiences of forward-deployed U.S. Army units in Germany during the height of the Cold War. Living in constant military readiness, yet participating in peacetime community and family processes, Army personnel had to tolerate the contradictions and live by both sets of principles. In soldier perception, family life and community activities ought to have been guided by American rather than military values. Yet the military ran the community, and military activities penetrated and disrupted family life. |
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Anthropology and the United States Military: Coming of Age in the Twenty ... Pamela R. Frese,Margaret C. Harrell No preview available - 2003 |