Lines of Sight: Watching War in Jarhead and My War: Killing Time in Iraq

PMLA ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 124 (5) ◽  
pp. 1662-1676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey Peebles
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Iraq War ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Persian Gulf War ◽  
The Gaze ◽  
Technologies Of Representation ◽  
The Persian Gulf

Jarhead, Anthony Swofford's 2003 memoir of the Persian Gulf War, and My War: Killing Time in Iraq, Colby Buzzell's 2005 memoir of the Iraq War, emphasize the authors' voyeuristic delight in watching war movies before and during their military service. What follows their enthusiastic consumption of “military pornography,” however, is a crisis of nonidentification and a lingering uncertainty about the significance of war in their own lives. Swofford and Buzzell find that the gaze they initially wielded is turned on them, and in response Swofford roils with sexually coded anger and frustration while Buzzell chooses to amplify his exposure by starting a blog. The two memoirs, then, provide a compelling account of the relation between changing technologies of representation and the experience of postmodern war. These lines of sight, all targeting the spectacle of combat, reveal the contemporary intersections among war, media, and agency.

Understanding Mail Survey Response Rates among Female Reserve Component Veterans Serving during the Persian Gulf War

1999 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 653-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter R. Schumm ◽  
Anthony P. Jurich ◽  
Stephan R. Bollman ◽  
Diane Sanders ◽  
Carlos Castelo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Military Service ◽  
National Guard ◽  
Mail Survey ◽  
Response Rates ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Persian Gulf War ◽  
Service Component ◽  
Desert Storm ◽  
The Persian Gulf

In this study of current and former female reservists and National Guard members from the state of Ohio, veterans who were older, who had more years of military service, who had participated in the Gulf War, who were Euro-Americans, who were or had been married, and who were higher in rank tended to have more valid addresses and higher response rates, thus biasing sample outcomes in those directions. Educational attainment, branch of service, component of service, and residential stability appeared to be less important, although some significant findings were noted. Implications for further research on Desert Storm are discussed. In general, those veterans who might have been expected to have a greater investment in U.S. society were more likely to respond to a survey concerning Desert Storm era military service and its aftermath.

Particulate Exposure During the Persian Gulf War

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Thomas ◽  
Torgny Vigerstad ◽  
John Meagher ◽  
Chad McMullin
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Persian Gulf War ◽  
Particulate Exposure ◽  
The Persian Gulf

scholarly journals Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome in a Sample of Veterans of the Persian Gulf War

1997 ◽  
Vol 162 (4) ◽  
pp. 249-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Peacock ◽  
Michael J. Morris ◽  
Mark A. Houghland ◽  
Gregg T. Anders ◽  
Herman M. Blanton
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Apnea ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Persian Gulf War ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
Hypopnea Syndrome

Turbine airfoil degradation in the persian gulf war

JOM ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 46 (12) ◽  
pp. 39-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
James L. Smialek ◽  
Frances A. Archer ◽  
Ralph G. Garlick
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Persian Gulf War ◽  
The Persian Gulf

Wartime Stressors and Health Outcomes: Women in the Persian Gulf War

1998 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
Eunice A Bell ◽  
Mary-Anne Roth ◽  
Glenda Weed
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Persian Gulf War ◽  
The Persian Gulf

Constituents and Legislators: Learning about the Persian Gulf War Resolution

1996 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 105 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Michael Alvarez ◽  
Paul Gronke
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Persian Gulf War ◽  
The Persian Gulf
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