Veteran Activism and the Global War on Terror : Post-9/11 Narratives of Dissent and American War Literature / M. C. Armstrong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armstrong, M. C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--21st century.

American literature.

Dissenters in literature.

Veterans' writings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2024.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

System Details:

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Summary:

Veteran Activism and the Global War on Terror is the first study of the literature of dissent that has emerged from the veterans of the global War on Terror. Spencer Ackerman's Reign of Terror stated that "The most impactful activism against the War on Terror came from within the Security State itself . . . low ranking soldiers and intelligence contractors whose exposure to the war prompted them to expose it to the world." Veteran Activism and the Global War on Terror examines this subculture of veterans whose stories have dramatically shifted the conversation about literature and activism. Author M. C. Armstrong introduces and explores America's post-9/11 soldier-writers, a community that challenges pivotal contemporary assumptions about allegiance, democracy, geography, solidarity, and national identity. Chapters are organized around a triad of core concepts-parrhesia, cosmopolitanism, and dissensus-and discuss authors including Elliot Ackerman, Kristin Beck, Joseph Hickman, Phil Klay, Kevin Powers, and Edward Snowden. Armstrong argues that this scene represents a literary movement and perhaps the most significant literary community since the Beat Generation, and Veteran Activism and the Global War on Terror reads the work of these writers as the loci of a "dissenting" overhaul of the official narratives and rhetorical maps that chart the United States' Global War on Terror.

Contents:

Acknowledgments I. The Challengers-Fearless Speech from the Forever War 1. Parrhesia and the Conceptual Apparatus of Outspokenness: From Rhetoric and Politics to Aesthetic Analysis 2. The Map of the Territories: Argument Structure II. Disidentity Politics 1. More Than Ground Zero: Mall Warriors and Patriotic Correctness 2. Geographies of Value: Klay's Redeployment 3. Truth in Digital Space: Snowden's Permanent Record III. The FOB and Beyond: Patriotism at the Limit 1. Democracy in No Man's Land: Elliot Ackerman's "The Fourth War" 2. Empathetic Unsettlement: Ackerman's Green on Blue 3. The Sheepdog: Transgender and Trans-space in Beck's Warrior Princess IV. Extraordinary Renditions 1. Staging Dissensus 2. Stay Deviant: Powers's The Yellow Birds 3. Camp No: Hickman's Murder at Camp Delta V. Conclusion: Ethics, Style, Space: The Soldier-Writer Subculture Notes Bibliography Index

ISBN:

9798765112892

OCLC:

1446133869