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Beth Bailey is an American historian who writes about U.S. military history and the history of gender and sexuality. Bailey is currently a Foundation Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas, where she teaches in the department of history and directs the Center for Military, War, and Society Studies, which she founded [1] in 2015.
Bailey is an historian of the recent United States. Over the past decade and a half, her research has been primarily in the field of military, war, and society; she has also written extensively on the history of gender and sexuality in the modern United States.
Beth Bailey is a scholar who explores the nature and impact of social, cultural, and institutional authority in the United States. She has directed both a Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy and a Feminist Research Institute, and has published on topics ranging from dating to the US Army.
Beth Bailey is a leading military historian who explores the racial conflicts and challenges in the US Army during the Vietnam War. Her book, An Army Afire, will be published in May 2023 and is available for preorder.
May 2, 2023 · Acclaimed military historian Beth Bailey shows 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 army principles of discipline, order, hierarchy, and authority.
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May 2, 2023 · Beth Bailey is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the Department of History at the University of Kansas and director of the Center for Military, War, and Society Studies.
Director, Center for Military, War, and Society Studies. University of Kansas.
