Dear John, love and loyalty in wartime America, Susan L. Carruthers
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Subject
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- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
- Unmarried couples -- United States -- Correspondence
- Soldiers -- United States -- Psychology
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Military life
- United States -- History, Military -- Miscellanea
- Military spouses -- United States -- Correspondence
- World War, 1939-1945 + Social aspects -- United States
- Rejection (Psychology)
- Man-woman relationships -- United States -- Anecdotes
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Dear John, love and loyalty in wartime America, Susan L. Carruthers
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Dear John
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Susan L. Carruthers
Sub title
love and loyalty in wartime America
Summary
Presents a study of wartime romances and breakups, that draws on soldiers' oral histories, psychiatric reports, and popular culture
Table of contents
The marital and the martial -- Rules of engagement, or "Write right!" -- Technologies of proximity -- "That's all she wrote" : telling Dear John stories -- "The modern Penelope" : analyzing the waiting wife -- Emotional injury : causes and consequences -- Severed ties and suicide -- Conclusion
Target audience
adult
resource.variantTitle
Love and loyalty in wartime America
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