Marching as to War (eBook)

Elizabeth Desnoyers-Colas, PhD, is assistant professor of communication and the faculty coordinator of the African American Male Initiative Program at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia. A retired U.S. Air Force Major, her past military duties include serving as a speechwriter for senior DOD military and civilian officials on EEO/EO related issues and operating as the director of the Joint Task Force Information Bureau, Haitian Refuge Humanitarian Rescue Effort, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. She also served in Operation Desert Storm and was deployed to Central Air Forces, Forward, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, as the director of Public Affairs/Protocol.

AcknowledgementsChapter One: Marching as to War: Personal Narratives of African American Women’s Experiences in the Gulf WarsChapter Two: Why We Serve: An Historical Overview of African American Women’s Military Service from the Revolutionary War Through the Gulf WarsChapter Three: “Sistahs” of Defense: Duties and Dangers of African American Women in Service in the Gulf WarsChapter Four: My Child Left Behind: The Family and Child Care Challenges Faced by African American Gulf War ServicewomenChapter Five: What Happens in the Desert Stays in the Desert: African American Women Confront Racism and Sexism in the GulfChapter Six: Where My Health Comes From: African American Servicewomen Battle Gulf War IllnessesEpilogue: Marching as to War―Final ThoughtsBibliographyIndex