Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

This book examines how the game of football and militarism have historically overlapped due to their shared celebration of strength, might, and besting a clear and definitive foe

Lisa Ferguson received her Ph.D. at the University of Alabama and taught for several years at Polk State College and the University of Kentucky before moving with her husband and children to Tennessee. She writes about the treatment of gender in war fiction, and her articles have appeared in the Journal of Research in Gender Studies, the Journal of War and Culture Studies, and War, Literature, & the Arts. She's also a former cheerleader, who married a former soldier.

Preface - Hut Hut, Ten Hut: A Bromance Blossoms - They "Misunderestimated" Him: George W. Bush, the Mastermind - "Honey, We Got a Big (Sexy and Patriotic) Storm Comin'" - Does This Trauma Make Me Look Sexy? When PTSD Fits as Snug as Skintight Fatigues - Debbie Does Dallas Cheerleaders Serious Damage - Guns, Pom-Poms-It's All the Same as Long as You Slay - "Get in, Loser, We're Going to the Danger Zone" Conclusion: "Help us, Tom Cruise!": The NFL Drafts Maverick Index