Homefront: A Military City and the American Twentieth Century

by Catherine A Lutz

A look at Fayetteville, North Carolina, home to Fort Bragg, that poses the question,'Are we all military dependents?'

Fayetteville has earned the nicknames of Fatalville and Fayettenam. Unusual and not-sounusual features of the town include gross income inequalities, an extraordinarily high incidence of venereal disease, miles and miles of strip malls, and a history of racial violence. Through interviews with residents and historical research, Catherine Lutz immerses herself in the life of the town to discover how it has supported the military for over a century. From secret training operations that use civilians as mock enemies and allies to the satellite economy of the town, Lutz's history of Fayetteville reveals the burdens that military preparedness creates for all of us.

• ISBN10: 0807055204
• ISBN13: 9780807055205
• Publish Date: 1 November 2001
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Beacon Press (MA)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English

Reviews

[jamiereadthis]

It’s doing that thing of assuming a small town is automatically backwards and provincial and in need of Progress, and I’m having a hard time right now getting past that to the good stuff. Will try again later.