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The girls next door : bringing the home front to the front lines /

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 famo...

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Bibliographic Details
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.
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