TY  - GEN
AB  - This book provides an oral history of women who served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War. It follows the trajectory of eight womens lives from their decision to become nurses, to surgical and evacuation hospitals in Vietnam, and then home to face the consequences of war on their personal and professional lives. It documents their lived experience in Vietnam and explores the memories and personal stories of nurses who treated injured American soldiers, Vietnamese civilians, and the enemy. Their voices reveal the physical and emotional challenges, trauma, contradictions, and lingering effects of war on their lives. Women in the U.S. Army in Vietnam feared the enemy but also sexual violence and harassment: the experiences this book documents also shed light on the extent of historical sexual abuse in the military.
AU  - Tanner, Janet,
CN  - DS559.44
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-030-69617-7
DO  - doi
ID  - 1436318
KW  - Vietnam War, 1961-1975
KW  - Military nursing
KW  - Women and war.
KW  - Military nursing.
KW  - Women.
KW  - Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975
KW  - Soins infirmiers militaires
KW  - Femmes et guerre.
KW  - Soins infirmiers militaires.
KW  - Femmes.
LK  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-69617-7
N2  - This book provides an oral history of women who served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War. It follows the trajectory of eight womens lives from their decision to become nurses, to surgical and evacuation hospitals in Vietnam, and then home to face the consequences of war on their personal and professional lives. It documents their lived experience in Vietnam and explores the memories and personal stories of nurses who treated injured American soldiers, Vietnamese civilians, and the enemy. Their voices reveal the physical and emotional challenges, trauma, contradictions, and lingering effects of war on their lives. Women in the U.S. Army in Vietnam feared the enemy but also sexual violence and harassment: the experiences this book documents also shed light on the extent of historical sexual abuse in the military.
SN  - 9783030696177
SN  - 3030696170
T1  - Army Nurse Corps voices from the Vietnam War :eight women, one war /
TI  - Army Nurse Corps voices from the Vietnam War :eight women, one war /
UR  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-69617-7
ER  -