American war stories / Brenda M. Boyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyle, Brenda M., 1957- author.

Series:

War Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Militarism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

American War Stories asks readers to contemplate what traditionally constitutes a “war story” and how that constitution obscures the normalization of militarism in American culture. The book claims the traditionally narrow scope of “war story,” as by a combatant about his wartime experience, compartmentalizes war, casting armed violence as distinct from everyday American life. Broadening “war story” beyond the specific genres of war narratives such as “war films,” “war fiction,” or “war memoirs,” American War Stories exposes how ingrained militarism is in everyday American life, a condition that challenges the very democratic principles the United States is touted as exemplifying.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. State of Crisis

2. Staging War

3. Lone Wolf Family Man

4. Military Judgment in a Neoliberal Age

5. The Soldier’s Creed

Coda

Acknowledgments

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-9788-0759-7

OCLC:

1202463479