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Beth Bailey

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The Complex History of American Dating

While going out on a date may seem like a natural thing to do these days, it wasn't always the case.

by Ashawnta Jackson, Beth Bailey via JSTOR Daily on August 8, 2024

An Army Afire: How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era

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Napalm bomb explosion in Vietnam.

Racial Trouble in the Vietnam Era

A new book explores the Army’s struggles with race relations in the decades of civil rights and Black Power.

by Helen Andrews via The American Conservative on August 25, 2023

Black soldiers in battle.

Double V: Military Racism

Today, the military is perhaps the largest integrated institution in the US. But how it came to be this way reveals a history of racism and resistance.

by Eric Foner via London Review of Books on February 22, 2023

Couple kissing

Love Me Did: A History of Courtship

Cuddle up with your sweetie for stories about three centuries of pre-marital intimacy, from Puritan "bundling" to the back-seat of the parents' Buick.

via BackStory on February 8, 2013

A line of Marines firing from behind a barricade.

Neither Marine nor Maggot

"Full Metal Jacket" and the crisis of masculinity.

by Chris Deutsch via Nursing Clio on June 4, 2025

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