Writing wars : authorship and American war fiction, WWI to present / David F. Eisler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eisler, David F., 1984- author.

Contributor:

Project Muse

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

New American canon

The new American canon

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

American fiction.

American fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

War stories, American--History and criticism.

War stories, American.

War stories--Authorship.

War stories.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2022]

Contents:

Introduction

"Stick to Her Farms and Farmer Folk": World War I and the Origins of Combat Gnosticism

"Tell It Like It Was": World War II and the Institutional Curation of Memory

"You Had to Be There": Vietnam and the Veteran's Consolidation of Authority

"You Don't Have to Be a Veteran": The All-Volunteer Force and the Dispersion of Authority

"The New Battle": The Civil-Military Gap and the Shock of Coming Home

"The Other Side of COIN": Counterinsurgency and the Ethics of Memory

"You Volunteered to Get Screwed": Public Trust and the Literary Representation of the Professional Military

Appendix: The American Novels of Iraq and Afghanistan through 2020.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 27, 2022).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Eisler, David F., 1984- Writing wars

ISBN:

9781609388669

1609388666

Publisher Number:

40031355890

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.