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Making the forever war : Marilyn B. Young on the culture and politics of American militarism / edited by Mark Philip Bradley and Mary L. Dudziak ; afterword by Andrew Bacevich.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Young, Marilyn Blatt, author.
- Series:
- Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History, Military--20th century.
- United States.
- History, Military.
- United States--History, Military--21st century.
- United States--Military policy.
- Military policy.
- Militarism--United States.
- Militarism.
- Cold War--Influence.
- Cold War.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Korean War, 1950-1953--United States.
- Korean War, 1950-1953.
- War and society--United States.
- War and society.
- War--Influence.
- Genre:
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- x, 224 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Marilyn Young on the culture and politics of American militarism
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "The late historian Marilyn B. Young, a preeminent voice on the history of U.S. military conflict, spent her career reassessing the nature of American global power, its influence on domestic culture and politics, and the consequences felt by those on the receiving end of U.S. military force. At the center of her inquiries was a seeming paradox: How can the United States stay continually at war, yet Americans pay so little attention to this militarism? Making the Forever War brings Young's articles and essays on American war together for the first time, including never before published works. Moving from the first years of the Cold War to Korea, Vietnam, and more recent "forever" wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Young reveals the ways in which war became ever-present, yet more covert and abstract, particularly as aerial bombings and faceless drone strikes have attained greater strategic value. For Young, U.S. empire persisted because of, not despite, the inattention of most Americans. The collection concludes with an afterword by prominent military historian Andrew Bacevich"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 MAKING AMERICAN WARS
- 1. The Age of Global Power
- 2. Hard Sell: The Korean War
- 3. U.S. Opposition to War in Korea and Vietnam
- 4. "The Same Struggle for Liberty": Korea and Vietnam
- 5. Counting the Bodies in Vietnam
- pt. 2 UNLIMITED WAR, LIMITED MEMORY
- 6. The Big Sleep
- 7. Bombing Civilians: From the Twentieth to the Twenty-First Centuries
- 8. Permanent War
- 9. U.S. in Asia, U.S. in Iraq: Lessons Not Learned
- 10. "I was thinking, as I often do these days, of war": The United States in the Twenty-First Century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Making the forever war
- ISBN:
- 9781625345684
- 1625345682
- 9781625345691
- 1625345690
- OCLC:
- 1224583082
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