Looking for the Good War
American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 354 pages ; 22 cm
"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.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Influence.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States.
Collective memory -- United States.
Memory -- Social aspects -- United States.
War and society -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Influence.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States.
Collective memory -- United States.
Memory -- Social aspects -- United States.
War and society -- United States.
ISBN:
9780374219925
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures American Sam | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references.