Three. ‘‘YOU CAN’T PIN SERGEANT’S STRIPES ON AN ARCHANGEL’’

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. TABLES xi
5. A NOTE ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS xiii
6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
7. Introduction. THE POLITICS OF GENDER, SEXUALITY, RACE, AND CLASS IN THE U.S. MILITARY EMPIRE 1
8. Part I. MONITORED LIAISONS
9. One. REGULATING DESIRE, MANAGING THE EMPIRE 39
10. Two. ‘‘PAN-PAN GIRLS’’ PERFORMING AND RESISTING NEOCOLONIALISM(S) IN THE PACIFIC THEATER 78
11. Three. ‘‘YOU CAN’T PIN SERGEANT’S STRIPES ON AN ARCHANGEL’’ 109
12. Part II. CIVILIAN ENTANGLEMENTS WITH THE EMPIRE
13. Four. U.S. MILITARY FAMILIES ABROAD IN THE POST –COLD WAR ERA AND THE ‘‘NEW GLOBAL POSTURE’’ 149
14. Five. CROSSFIRE COUPLES 176
15. Six. HIDDEN SOLDIERS 203
16. Part III. TALKING BACK TO THE EMPIRE
17. Seven. IN THE U.S. ARMY BUT NOT QUITE OF IT 231
18. Eight. ‘‘THE AMERICAN SOLDIER DANCES, THE GERMAN SOLDIER MARCHES’’ 258
19. Nine. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD I STAND TRANSFIXED 280
20. Part IV. THE EMPIRE UNDER SIEGE
21. Ten. THE RACIAL CRISIS OF 1971 IN THE U.S. MILITARY 311
22. Eleven. CAMPTOWN PROSTITUTION AND THE IMPERIAL SOFA 337
23. Twelve. ABU GHRAIB 366
24. Conclusion. EMPIRE AT THE CROSSROADS? 397
25. REFERENCES 409
26. CONTRIBUTORS 439
27. INDEX 441