Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 291 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0814705014
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9780814705018
Content:
As thousands of wives and children joined American servicemen stationed at overseas bases in the years following World War II, the military family represented a friendlier, more humane side of the United States' campaign for dominance in the Cold War. Wives in particular were encouraged to use their feminine influence to forge ties with residents of occupied and host nations. In this untold story of Cold War diplomacy, Donna Alvah describes how these "unofficial ambassadors" spread the United States' perception of itself and its image of world order in the communities where husbands and father
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-271) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Going Overseas; Unofficial Ambassadors; A U. S. Lady's World; " Shoulder to Shoulder" with West Germans; " Dear Little Okinawa"; Young Ambassadors; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814705018
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Unofficial Ambassadors : American Military Families Overseas and the Cold War, 1946-1965
Language:
English
