This book fills a gap in the historiographical and theoretical fields of race, gender, and war. In brief, Race and Gender in Modern Western Warfare (RGMWW) offe

During World War I the U.S. demanded that all able-bodied men work or fight. White men who were husbands and fathers, owned property or worked at approved jobs

Fresh perspectives on the implications of gender and race in US military history from a diverse group of scholars in the field of war and society

Fresh perspectives on the implications of gender and race in US military history from a diverse group of scholars in the field of war and society

Gender roles are nowhere more prominent than in war. Yet contentious debates, and the scattering of scholarship across academic disciplines, have obscured under