Dear John : love and loyalty in wartime America /
Carruthers, Susan L.(Susan Lisa),author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The marital and the martial -- Rules of engagement, or "Write right!" -- Technologies of proximity -- "That's all she wrote" : telling Dear John stories -- "The modern Penelope" : analyzing the waiting wife -- Emotional injury : causes and consequences -- Severed ties and suicide -- Conclusion.
Soldiers
Rejection (Psychology)
Unmarried couples
Military spouses
Soldiers
Man-woman relationships
World War, 1939-1945
Armed Forces
Man-woman relationships.
Military spouses.
Rejection (Psychology)
Social aspects.
Soldiers.
Soldiers
Unmarried couples.
Dear John