Description
Book SynopsisDistilled from nearly two hundred interviews, conducted from the 2003 invasion of Iraq on,
Army Spouses marshals an incredible breadth of individual experiences, range of voices, insider access, and theoretical expertise to tell the story of US Army husbands and wives and their families during wartime in this century.
Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Abbreviations for U.S. Army Officer and Enlisted Ranks
- Introduction: U.S. Army Spouses
- 1. "The Deployment Before the Deployment": Pre-Deployment
- 2. "The Temporary Widow": Deployment
- 3. "The Big Group Hug": Post-Deployment
- 4. "I Have No Idea about Service": (In)Formal Social Supports
- 5. "They Take the Brunt of the Deployments": Army Children and Adolescents
- 6. "He has a Laptop": Social Networking Between War and Home Front
- 7. "Wolf Blitzer Doesn't Talk to Me Anymore": War on Television
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Notes on Methods
- Notes
- Index
