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Living with war : twentieth-century conflict in Canadian and American history and memory / Robert Teigrob.
LIBRA HM554 .T44 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Teigrob, Robert, 1966- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War and society--Canada.
- War and society.
- War and society--United States.
- History, Military.
- Collective memory.
- Militarism.
- United States.
- Militarism--Canada.
- Militarism--United States.
- Collective memory--Canada.
- Collective memory--United States.
- Canada--History, Military--20th century.
- Canada.
- United States--History, Military--20th century.
- Genre:
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- x, 471 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- "Canada and the United States: we think of one as a peaceable kingdom, the other as a warrior nation. But do our expectations about each country's attitudes to war and peace match the realities? In Living with War, Robert Teigrob examines how war is experienced and remembered on both sides of the 49th parallel. Surveying popular and scholarly histories, films and literature, public memorials, and museum exhibits in both countries, he comes to some startling conclusions. Americans may seem more patriotic, even jingoistic, but they are also more willing to debate the pros and cons of their military actions. Canadians, though more diffident in their public displays of patriotism, are more willing than their southern neighbors to accept the official narrative that depicts just wars fought in the service of a righteous cause. A provocative book that complements critiques of contemporary Canadian militarism such as Warrior Nation, Living with War offers an intriguing look at the relationship with the military past on both sides of the border."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Reconnaissance: Martial Orientations
- 1 Conflict in the Age of High Imperialism 19
- 2 Wars Good, Cold, and Forgotten 59
- Part 2 Excavation: Inquiries into the Development of War Habits
- 3 Wars for and against Empire 91
- 4 Political Cultures: The Architecture of Governance 136
- 5 Political Cultures: The Citizen and the State 171
- 6 Matters of Faith 214
- 7 Race 255
- 8 Making and Breaking Nations 297.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-440) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781442644083
- 1442644087
- 9781442612501
- 1442612509
- OCLC:
- 931151943
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