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Innocence and Loss: Representations of War and National Identity in the United States

Innocence and Loss: Representations of War and National Identity in the United States

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General SociologyGeneral United States HistoryGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 1443856479
ISBN13: 9781443856478
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: Jun 3 2014
Pages: 310
Weight: 1.30
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.10
Language: English
A fierce national outcry for righteously waging war has long dominated American culture. From at least the wildly popular Spanish-American War and the US military invasion of the Philippines that infuriated Mark Twain, right up to the current Global War on Terrorism, this is a deadly, dark current coursing throughout American history. Meanwhile, dissenting analyses of the patriotic gore have until recently been paid scant attention in the popular media.Delving into this history, this probing collection of essays explores ways in which the compulsive redeployment of innocence in the launching, cheering, and retelling of America's wars endlessly defers a national reckoning, as the editors astutely state in their introduction. The works in this collection reflect an effort to add more voices where they are desperately needed.

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