Inside Officer, nurse, woman: Themes, Story, and Who Should Read It
Drawing on more than 100 interviews, Vuic allows the nurses to tell their own captivating stories, from their reasons for joining the military to the physical and emotional demands of a horrific war a…
Every so often a book invites you to slow down and pay attention. Officer, nurse, woman by Author OL6613314A is exactly that kind of book.
First published in 2010, it continues to find new readers today.
About the book
Drawing on more than 100 interviews, Vuic allows the nurses to tell their own captivating stories, from their reasons for joining the military to the physical and emotional demands of a horrific war and postwar debates about how to commemorate their service. Vuic also explores the gender issues that arose when a male-dominated army actively recruited and employed the services of 5,000 women nurses in the midst of a growing feminist movement and a changing nursing profession. Women drawn to the army's patriotic promise faced disturbing realities in the virtually all-male hospitals of South Vietnam. Men who joined the nurse corps ran headlong into the army's belief that women should nurse and men should fight.
Themes and subjects
At its heart, it explores Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Women and war, United States, Military nursing, United States. Army Nurse Corps, and Medical care. These subjects give the story its texture and make it easy to recommend to the right reader.
Who will enjoy this
Readers who like to be challenged and moved in equal measure will feel at home here.
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