Protecting women : US Army culture in the second US-Seminole war and the US-Mexican war /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Meberg, Justine (Author)
Corporate Author:	Cambridge University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
Subjects:	Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Women. Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842 > Women. Women > United States > Social conditions > 19th century. Women > Mexico > Social conditions > 19th century. Women > Crimes against > United States > Prevention. Women > Crimes against > Mexico > Prevention. Guerre du Mexique, 1846-1848 > Femmes. Femmes > Mexique > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle. Women > Crimes against > Prevention Mexico United States Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : Army paternalists, enemy women, and US Army culture in wartime Florida and Mexico, 1835-1848
The dilemma of army cohesion : West Point officers, immigrant soldiers, and the beginnings of an army culture, 1802-1842
Developing a logic of protection : Army debates on the treatment of Seminole women in Florida, 1835-1842
"Find where their women are" : The US Army's pursuit of Seminole women, 1835-1842
Rescuing the enemy : Mexican women and the US Army's transformation in northern Mexico, 1846-1847
A perfect sacrifice : The unexplored rape case that radically expanded military justice, 1847
Buying benevolence : Contested legitimacy during the US occupation of Mexico, 1847
"They were our best friends" : Army misunderstandings of Mexican women's wartime activities, 1847-1848
Conclusion : Beyond men's military history.