Historians and policy scholars offer insight into the ways the U.S. military manages the sexual behaviors, practices, and identities of its service members.

Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Beth Bailey, Alesha E. Doan, Shannon Portillo, and Kara Dixon Vuic Part 1. Behavior 1. The U.S. Army’s Management of Sexuality at Home and Abroad, 1898–1940 Andrew Byers 2. Compensation, Commerce, and Conjugality: Managing Male Heterosexuality in the U.S. Military from World War II to the War on Terror Susan L. Carruthers 3. “A Higher Moral Character”: Respectability and the Women’s Army Corps Beth Bailey Part 2. Family and Reproduction 4. “We Recruit Individuals but Retain Families”: Managing Marriage and Family in the All-Volunteer Force, 1973–2001 John Worsencroft 5. Reproduction in Combat Boots Kara Dixon Vuic Part 3. Orientation and Identity 6. A Comparative Analysis of the Military Bans on Openly Serving Gays, Lesbians, and Transgender Personnel Agnes Gereben Schaefer 7. Formal Regulation, Cultural Enforcement: Managing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression in the U.S. Military Jacqueline E. Whitt Part 4. Sexual Assault and Prevention 8. Problematic Policies and Far-Reaching Consequences: Historicizing Sexual Violence in the U.S. Military Kellie Wilson-Buford 9. Managing Harassment and Assault in the Contemporary U.S. Military Amanda Boczar Part 5. Gender, Sexuality, and Combat 10. Combat Exclusion Policies and the Management of Gender Difference in the U.S. Military Elizabeth Mesok 11. Brothers in Arms? Combat, Masculinity, and Change in the Twenty-First-Century American Military Christopher Hamner 12. “The Juice Ain’t Worth the Squeeze”: Resisting Gender Integration in Special Forces Alesha E. Doan and Shannon Portillo Afterword Beth Bailey, Alesha E. Doan, Shannon Portillo, and Kara Dixon Vuic Contributors Index