re: americans in the military who are not white or men

[rise]

possibly a weird request, but are there any good (defined as: you read it and liked it) books about the experiences of women and minorities in the american military during the 90s and 00s? or, hell, even minority women? it hit me upside the head the other day how nearly everything seems to be about white guys. and other white guys. and yet more white guys. clearly, i need some stuff that is not about white guys!

i considered asking for books about the experiences of female minority military doctors in active service following hpsp medical training, but, uh, that is probably way too niche.

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[melannen]

...Quite a bit earlier than you wanted, but Elizabeth Ann Scarborough's "Nothing Sacred" and "Healer's War" are SF novels that draw heavily on her experiences as a [white] US Army nurse in the Vietnam War. (Also: fairly hard to find in print, unfortunately. And with the caveat that, while I've enjoyed some of her lighter books, I haven't read these and while they were highly praised by critics it's possible they have race/appropriation/exoticization problems.)

[rise]

Not exactly what I was looking for, but sounds interesting enough to look into! And they both have pretty excellent kindle prices, so there's a simple way around the "finding in print" problem.