The Routledge History of Gender, War, and the U.S. Military

Kara Dixon Vuic is the LCpl. Benjamin W. Schmidt Professor of War, Conflict, and Society in Twentieth-Century America at Texas Christian University.

Section I: Military Manpower: Gender, Service and Citizenship in American History






The Shared Language of Gender in Colonial North American Warfare



Citizen-Soldiers in the Revolutionary Era and New Republic



Beyond Borders and Combatants: Wars of Empire and Expansion



Beyond the Brothers’ War: Gender and the American Civil War



Gee!! I Wish I Were a Man: Gender and the Great War



"The Women Behind the Men, Behind the Gun": Gendered Identities and Militarization in the Second World War



Homophobia, Housewives, and Hyper-Masculinity: Gender and American Policymaking in the Nuclear Age, 1947-1963



Gentle Warriors, Gunslingers, and Girls Next Door: Gender and the Vietnam War



Transitioning to an All-Volunteer Force



9/11, Gender and Wars without End
Section II: Mobilizing Gender in the Service of War




Gender as a Cause of War



Gendering the "Enemy" and Gendering the "Ally:" United States Militarized Fictions of War and Peace



Gender and American Foreign Relations



Gender and Militarism in U.S. Culture During the Long Twentieth Century
Section III: Gender Sexuality and Military Engagements




"Patriotism is Neither Masculine nor Feminine:" Gender and the Work of War



U.S. Military Personnel and Families Abroad: Gender, Sexuality, Race, and Power in the U.S. Military’s Relations with Foreign Nations and Local Inhabitants during Wartime



"Homos," "Whores," Rapists, and the Clap: American Military Sexuality Since the Revolutionary War



Rape, Reform, and the Reaction: Gender and Sexual Violence in the U.S. Military
Section IV: Gendered Aftermaths




To Recognize Those who Served: Gendered Analyses of Veterans’ Policies, Representations, and Experiences



Best Men, Broken Men: Gender, Disability, and American Veterans



The Covert and Hidden Memory of Gender