A significant part of American playwright David Rabes work centers on the phenomenon of male aggression and violence. The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel, Sticks and Bones and Streamers comprise what has come to be known as Rabes Vietnam Trilogy. In all of them, Rabe portrays male characters in crisis - men inculcated with their cultures race and gender stereotypes yet insecure about their own identity. Does the much-discussed crisis of masculinity really exist? The study offers a glimpse at how specific historical events and socio-cultural developments in the United States shaped a concept of...