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Looking for the good war : American amnesia and the violent pursuit of happiness / Elizabeth D. Samet.
Van Pelt Library D744.7.U6 S26 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Samet, Elizabeth D., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--United States--Influence.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States.
- Collective memory--United States.
- Collective memory.
- Memory--Social aspects--United States.
- Memory.
- Memory--Social aspects.
- United States.
- War and society--United States.
- War and society.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 354 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- American amnesia and the violent pursuit of happiness
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
- Summary:
- "From the acclaimed author of No Man's Land and Soldier's Heart, a wide-ranging work of cultural history and criticism that reexamines the impact of post-World War II myths of the "good war.""-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Is This Trip Really Necessary?
- Introduction: One War at a Time
- 1. Age of Gold
- 2. Dead-Shot American Cowboys
- 3. Thieves Like Us
- 4. "War, What Is It Good For?"
- 5. Giddy Minds and Foreign Quarrels
- Epilogue: Age of Iron.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780374219925
- 0374219923
- OCLC:
- 1227087002
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