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Sep 20, 2023 · Beth Bailey has established herself as one of the premier authorities on the history of the institutional army. Her written scholarship includes America’s Army: Making of the All Volunteer Force , Understanding The U.S. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (edited with Richard H. Immerman), and Managing Sex in the U.S. Military (edited ...
Jun 20, 2024 · This issue of race relations is what Dr. Beth Bailey—a distinguished professor of history and director of the Center for Military, War, and Society Studies at the University of Kansas—investigates in An Army Afire.
Aug 25, 2023 · Historian Beth Bailey is the Foundation Distinguished Professor in the Department of History at the University of Kansas, and the director of the school's Center for Military, War, and Society...
Mar 1, 2024 · While Doan, Portillo, Beth Bailey, and Kara Dixon Vuic frame Managing Sex as addressing the entire U.S. military, the policies of the army and the experiences of its soldiers dominate the conversation.
Sep 8, 2023 · In her compelling new book, Beth Bailey explores how the U.S. Army addressed both structural and individual racism in the Vietnam era. This is, for the most part, a success story of an institution that adapted as intensifying racial strife and cultural change challenged its ability to carry out its core functions.
Feb 26, 2024 · Acclaimed military historian Beth Bailey will show how the US Army tried to solve that racial crisis (in army terms, “the problem of race”). Army leaders were surprisingly creative in confronting demands for racial justice, even willing to challenge fundamental military principles of discipline, order, hierarchy, and authority.
Jul 27, 2023 · Beth Bailey, Foundation Distinguished Professor of History, is documenting social change in the military.
Feb 1, 2024 · Beth Bailey’s book Army Afire: How the U.S. Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era reveals the truth of the U.S. Army’s struggle with racial strife and fermenting black protest during the late 1960s, a crucible that hindered its war effort in Vietnam.
Aug 25, 2023 · Historian Beth Bailey takes this as her starting point. Her subject in Army Afire is the three decades that followed, when the military struggled to cope with the challenges of its new policy. Bailey opens with a litany of incidents that give the reader an idea of the nature and scale of the problem:
Mar 27, 2024 · Beth Bailey is a foundation distinguished professor at the University of Kansas whose work focuses on U.S. military history. She will discuss her recent award-winning book, "An Army Afire: How the U.S. Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era."
