Examines the long-term psychological effects of growing up in a strictly regimented military family and how such such an upbringing affects daughters and sons differently

Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress

Politics & Social Sciences

Wertsch, Mary Edwards

Anthropology

Harmony

Introduction by Pat Conroy 
A groundbreaking exploration of what it means to grow up in the military. Based on five years of research, including in-depth interviews with eighty military brats, Military Brats analyzes the consequences--both positive and negative--of being reared in a family characterized by strict discipline, frequent moves, and dedication to military service.

Aletheia Pubns Inc

A startling, groundbreaking exploration, Military Brats is the first book to identify a cultural group--children of the military--that had been completely below the societal radar. Based on five years of research, including in-depth interviews with eighty military brats from all the armed services as well as physicians, teachers, psychologists, social workers, and others, this book finds the patterns that link all military children to a common cultural identity. Wertsch employs extensive research to probe the consequences—both positive and negative—of being raised in a family characterized by rigid discipline, nomadic rootlessness, dedication to military mission, and the threat of war and personal loss. With its clear-eyed, sometimes shocking depictions of alcoholism and domestic violence, and its empathy for military parents caught up in an extremely demanding way of life, Military Brats provides catharsis, insight, and a path toward healing. Mary Wertsch not only defines America’s most invisible minority for the very first time, she also passionately exhorts the children of warriors to come to terms with their native Fortress legacies so that they might take full advantage of the positive endowment that is also their birthright. Civilians will find this book eye-opening. Military parents will find it at once challenging and sympathetic. And military brats will know in their hearts that this is the book they’ve been waiting for. This new edition retains the same content as the original, with only minor changes. This edition is now labelled Volume 1; a Volume 2 is in the works.

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Brightwell Publishing, LLC

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Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress

Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress

Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress