Entangling Alliances : Foreign War Brides and American Soldiers in the Twentieth Century / Susan Zeiger.
Zeiger, Susan, author.
2010
U766 .Z45 2016
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Title Entangling Alliances : Foreign War Brides and American Soldiers in the Twentieth Century / Susan Zeiger.
Author Zeiger, Susan, author.
ISBN 9780814797488
DOI https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814797174.001.0001
Published New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2010]
Copyright ©2010
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.18574/nyu/9780814797174.001.0001 doi
Call Number U766 .Z45 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.808835500973
Summary Throughout the twentieth century, American male soldiers returned home from wars with foreign-born wives in tow, often from allied but at times from enemy nations, resulting in a new, official category of immigrant: the "allied" war bride. These brides began to appear en masse after World War I, peaked after World War II, and persisted through the Korean and Vietnam Wars. GIs also met and married former "enemy" women under conditions of postwar occupation, although at times the US government banned such unions.In this comprehensive, complex history of war brides in 20th-century American history, Susan Zeiger uses relationships between American male soldiers and foreign women as a lens to view larger issues of sexuality, race, and gender in United States foreign relations. Entangling Alliances draws on a rich array of sources to trace how war and postwar anxieties about power and national identity have long been projected onto war brides, and how these anxieties translate into public policies, particularly immigration.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 "Cupid in the AEF"
2 "The Worst Kind of Women"
3 GIs and Girls around the Globe
4 "Good Mothers"
5 Interracialism, Pluralism, and Civil Rights
6 The Demise of the War Bride
Notes
Index
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