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Author Carruthers, Susan L. (Susan Lisa), author

Title Dear John : love and loyalty in wartime America / Susan L. Carruthers
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022
©2022

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 327 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: Picking up the pieces -- The marital and the martial -- Rules of engagement, or "Write right!" -- Technologies of proximity -- "That's all she wrote" : telling Dear John stories -- "The modern Penelope" : analyzing the waiting wife -- Emotional injury : causes and consequences -- Severed ties and suicide -- Conclusion
Summary A sweeping history of emotional life that explores how 'Dear John' letters became a rite of passage for American servicemen
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 14, 2022)
Subject Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
Rejection (Psychology)
Unmarried couples -- United States -- Correspondence
Military spouses -- United States -- Correspondence
Soldiers -- United States -- Psychology
Man-woman relationships -- United States -- Anecdotes
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States
Rejection, Psychology
HISTORY / Military / General.
Armed Forces -- Military life
Man-woman relationships
Military spouses
Rejection (Psychology)
Social aspects
Soldiers
Soldiers -- Psychology
Unmarried couples
SUBJECT United States -- Armed Forces -- Military life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139855
United States -- History, Military -- Miscellanea
Subject United States
Genre/Form Trivia and miscellanea
Anecdotes
Military history
Personal correspondence
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021024900
ISBN 9781108910347
1108910343
9781108913867
1108913865
Other Titles Love and loyalty in wartime America