Warring over Valor

How Race and Gender Shaped American Military Heroism in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

Nonfiction, History, Reference, Historiography, Military, United States
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Author: Simon Wendt, George Lewis, Ellen D. Wu, Matthias Voigt, Steve Estes, Simon Hall, Amy Lucker, Sarah Makeschin, Sonja John, Carrie Andersen ISBN: 9780813597553
Publisher: Rutgers University Press Publication: October 15, 2018
Imprint: Rutgers University Press Language: English
Author: Simon Wendt, George Lewis, Ellen D. Wu, Matthias Voigt, Steve Estes, Simon Hall, Amy Lucker, Sarah Makeschin, Sonja John, Carrie Andersen
ISBN: 9780813597553
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication: October 15, 2018
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Language: English

By focusing on how the idea of heroism on the battlefield helped construct, perpetuate, and challenge racial and gender hierarchies in the United States between World War I and the present, Warring over Valor provides fresh perspectives on the history of American military heroism. The book offers two major insights into the history of military heroism. First, it reveals a precarious ambiguity in the efforts of minorities such as African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, women, and gay men to be recognized as heroic soldiers. Paradoxically, America’s heroism discourse allowed them to press their case for full membership in the nation, but doing so simultaneously validated the dichotomous interpretations of race and gender they repudiated. The ambiguous role of marginalized groups in war-related hero-making processes also testifies to this volume’s second general insight: the durability and tenacity of the masculine warrior hero in U.S. society and culture. Warring over Valor bridges a gap in the historiography of heroism and military affairs. 

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By focusing on how the idea of heroism on the battlefield helped construct, perpetuate, and challenge racial and gender hierarchies in the United States between World War I and the present, Warring over Valor provides fresh perspectives on the history of American military heroism. The book offers two major insights into the history of military heroism. First, it reveals a precarious ambiguity in the efforts of minorities such as African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, women, and gay men to be recognized as heroic soldiers. Paradoxically, America’s heroism discourse allowed them to press their case for full membership in the nation, but doing so simultaneously validated the dichotomous interpretations of race and gender they repudiated. The ambiguous role of marginalized groups in war-related hero-making processes also testifies to this volume’s second general insight: the durability and tenacity of the masculine warrior hero in U.S. society and culture. Warring over Valor bridges a gap in the historiography of heroism and military affairs. 

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