Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress

Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress

A startling, groundbreaking exploration, Military Brats is the first book to identify a cultural group--children of the military--that had been completely below the societal radar. Based on five years of research, including in-depth interviews with eighty military brats from all the armed services as well as physicians, teachers, psychologists, social workers, and others, this book finds the patterns that link all military children to a common cultural identity. Wertsch employs extensive research to probe the consequencesâ€”both positive and negativeâ€”of being raised in a family characterized by rigid discipline, nomadic rootlessness, dedication to military mission, and the threat of war and personal loss. With its clear-eyed, sometimes shocking depictions of alcoholism and domestic violence, and its empathy for military parents caught up in an extremely demanding way of life, Military Brats provides catharsis, insight, and a path toward healing. Mary Wertsch not only defines Americaâ€™s most invisible minority for the very first time, she also passionately exhorts the children of warriors to come to terms with their native Fortress legacies so that they might take full advantage of the positive endowment that is also their birthright. Civilians will find this book eye-opening. Military parents will find it at once challenging and sympathetic. And military brats will know in their hearts that this is the book theyâ€™ve been waiting for. This new edition retains the same content as the original, with only minor changes. This edition is now labelled Volume 1; a Volume 2 is in the works.

Country	USA
Author	Mary Edwards Wertsch
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Brightwell Publishing, LLC
EAN	9780977603329
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0977603326
IsEligibleForTradeIn	1
Label	Brightwell Publishing, LLC
Manufacturer	Brightwell Publishing, LLC
MPN	black & white illustrations
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	488
PartNumber	black & white illustrations
PublicationDate	2011-07-14
Publisher	Brightwell Publishing, LLC
Studio	Brightwell Publishing, LLC
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress

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