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Book SynopsisThrough in-depth interviews with surviving Nisei (Japanese American) women who served in the military during World War II, the author provides firsthand accounts of their experiences and, with extensive archival research, sheds light on their reasoning at that time.
Trade ReviewBrenda Moore has given us such an eye-opening look at the racialized genderings of World War II - the war we think we know so much about and yet in fact are just beginning to really grasp in all its complexity. Furthermore, using in-depth narratives and exploring Japanese American women's pre-war, wartime and post-war experiences, Moore has reminded us that any war is a heady mix of state manipulation, popular anxieties and individual women's own subtle forms of agency. This is a book for right now. -- Cynthia Enloe * author of Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives *
Serving Our Country is a fascinating account of an important story virtually unknown until now. We are indebted to Brenda Moore for adding a new and significant chapter to our nation's history. -- Charles Moskos * Northwestern University *
Table of ContentsBefore the warContradictions and paradoxesWomen's army corps recruitment of nisei womenService in the women's army corpsCommissions in the Army medical corpsThe postwar yearsWacs who entered the Army from Hawaii, December 1944
