Warring over Valor

Contents
Introduction: Reconsidering Military Heroism in American History           
Simon Wendt
Chapter 1: The End of Military Heroism? The American Legion and “Service” Between the Wars
George Lewis
Chapter 2: GI Joe Nisei: The Invention of World War II’s Iconic Japanese American Soldier
Ellen D. Wu
Chapter 3: Instrument of Subjugation or Avenue for Liberation? Black Military Heroism from World War II to the Vietnam War
Simon Wendt
Chapter 4: “Warriors in Uniform”: Race, Masculinity, and Martial Valor among Native American Veterans from the Great War to Vietnam and Beyond
Matthias Voigt
Chapter 5: My Lai: The Crisis of American Military Heroism in the Vietnam War
Steve Estes
Chapter 6: Leonard Matlovich: From Military Hero to Gay Rights Poster Boy
Simon Hall
Chapter 7: Displaying Heroism: Media Images of the Weary Soldier in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War
Amy Lucker
Chapter 8: “From Louboutins to Combat Boots”? The Negotiation of a Twenty-First-Century Female Warrior Image in American Popular Culture and Literature
Sarah Makeschin
Chapter 9: From Warrior to Soldier? Lakota Veterans on Military Valor    
Sonja John
Chapter 10: Virtual Warfare: Video Games, Drones, and the Reimagination of Heroic Masculinity
Carrie Andersen
Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors
Index