War Games Inside the World of Twentieth-Century War Reenactors

Name: War Games Inside the World of Twentieth-Century War Reenactors
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ISBN: 9781588342805

ISBN-10: 1588342808

ISBN-13: 9781588342805

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Authors: Jenny Thompson

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D-Day with beach umbrellas in the distance? Troops ordering ice cream? American and German forces celebrating Christmas together in the barracks? This could only be the curious world of 20th-century war reenactors. A relatively recent and rapidly expanding phenomenon, reenactments in the United States of World War I,World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War now draw more than 8,000 participants a year. Mostly men, these reenactors celebrate, remember, and re-create the tiniest details of the Battle of the Bulge in the Maryland Woods, D-Day on a beach in Virginia, and WWI trench warfare in Pennsylvania. Jenny Thompson draws on seven years of fieldwork, personal interviews, and…

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List price: $30.00
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Publication date: 7/6/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.122

James is a safety professional and is an active member of the Project Safe Georgia Safety Advisory Board of the Georgia Department of Labor, past President of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Georgia Chapter; Past Chair for the Gwinnett Safety Professionals Association and has been adjunct instructor for the Occupational Health and Safety Technology Program at Lanier Tech and an adjunct instructor at Georgia Tech. He has received management awards for his efforts and was named the ASSE Georgia Chapter Safety Professional of the Year (SPY) 1998-1999 and Project Safe Georgia Safety Professional, 2008.



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Those Guys Need Therapy: The Hobby of War Reenacting



Hazardous Activity for My Own Recreation, Enjoyment, and Pleasure: The Battle of the Bulge, January 1994



This Must Be Something They Do in California: A History of War Reenacting



Something a Little Strange: Belonging to the Hobby



I Lead Two Completely Separate Lives: Membership in the Hobby



Dog and Pony Shows: Public Events



We Must Police Ourselves Constantly: Behind the Public Mantra



It's Not on the Page Anymore: The Private Face of Reenacting



Look! I'm a Stamp!: The Ownership of History



I'm Dead! I Just Want to Party!: Behavior Problems



Farbs You Find Everywhere: The Problem of Appearance



Preaching a Version of the Gospel: Research



How to Play Army without Everybody Getting Pissed at Each Other: Camaraderie


Epilogue: Let's See What She's Writing


Glossary


Notes


Index