War Makes Men of Boys

War Makes Men of Boys

AngličtinaMěkká vazba
Miller Katherine I.
Texas A & M University Press
EAN: 9781603448154
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Hundreds of novels have been written about young men coming of age in war. And millions of young men have, in fact, come of age in combat. This is the story of one of them, as told by his daughter, based on the daily letters he wrote to his family in 1944 and 1945.

After ten months of stateside training, nineteen-year-old Joe Ted (Bud) Miller shipped out from New York harbour in November 1944 and served with the 63rd Infantry in France and Germany. Although he fought with his unit at the Colmar Pocket and earned a Bronze Star for his role in pushing through the Siegfried Line, his letters focus less on the details of battle than on the many aspects of his life in the military: food, PX, movies, biographies of friends and platoon-mates, training activities, travelogues, and the behaviour (good and bad) of officers. Bud’s journalistic skills show in his letters and fill his reports with a wealth of objective detail, as well as articulate reflections on his feelings about his experiences.

Katherine I. Miller, a communication scholar, brings to her father’s letters—which form the centrepiece of the book—her scholarly training in analysing issues such as the development of masculinity in historical context, the formation of adult identity, and the psychological effects of war. Further insights gained from additional personal and family archives, interviews with surviving family members, official paperwork, the unit history of the 63rd Infantry Division (254th Regiment), unit newspapers, pictorial histories, maps, and accounts by other unit members aided her in crafting this “interpretive biography.” The book also serves as a window onto more general questions of how individuals navigate complicated turning points thrown at them by external events and internal struggles as they move from youth to adulthood.
EAN 9781603448154
ISBN 1603448152
Typ produktu Měkká vazba
Vydavatel Texas A & M University Press
Datum vydání 30. ledna 2013
Stránky 184
Jazyk English
Rozměry 229 x 152
Země United States
Sekce General
Autoři Miller Katherine I.
Ilustrace 16 b&w photos. Bib. Index.
Série Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series
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