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Author:
Carruthers, Susan L. (Susan Lisa), author.
Title:
Dear John : love and loyalty in wartime America / Susan L. Carruthers.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
ix, 327 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
United States--Military life.--Military life.
Soldiers--United States--Correspondence.
Rejection (Psychology)
Unmarried couples--United States--Correspondence.
Military spouses--United States--Correspondence.
Soldiers--United States--Psychology.
Man-woman relationships--United States--Anecdotes.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States.
United States--Miscellanea.--Miscellanea.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN:
1108823327
9781108823326
1108830773
9781108830775
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1250512212
LCCN:
2021024899
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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