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Dear John love and loyalty in wartime America

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Main Author: Carruthers, Susan L. (Susan Lisa) (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
United States > Armed Forces > 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 > History, Military > Miscellanea.
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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.

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