Author:
Vuic, Kara Dixon, 1977-
Imprint:Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Descriptionxii, 271 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:Introduction: "Lady, you're in the army now" -- "The bright adventure of army nursing" : meeting nursing demands for the Vietnam War -- "An officer and a gentleman" : gender and a changing army -- "A wonderful, horrible experience" : nursing education and practice -- "Helmets and hair curlers" : gender and wartime nursing -- "I'm afraid we're going to have to just change our ways" : wives, mothers, and pregnant nurses in the army -- "You mean we get women over here?" : gender and sexuality in the war zone -- "Not all women wore love beads in the sixties" : postwar depictions of Vietnam War nurses -- Conclusion: Officers, nurses, and women.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
