American war stories : veteran-writers and the politics of memoir /

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"Trust in media and political institutions is at an all-time low in America, yet veterans enjoy an unmatched level of credibility and moral authority. Their war stories have become crucial testimony about the nation's leadership, foreign policies, and wars. Veterans' memoirs are not s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mendible, Myra, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021]
Colección:Veterans
Temas:
1900-2099
Veterans' writings, American > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 21st century > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Veterans in literature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Politique et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Anciens combattants dans la littérature.
HISTORY / General
American literature.
Politics and literature.
Veterans' writings, American.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Protestors, patriots, and culture warriors American politics and the citizen-soldier
  • The fate worse than death saving face and the affective economy of war
  • Trusting the messenger veterans' memoirs and the politics of credibility
  • "Soldiers of conviction" duty, dissent, and the immigrant soldier
  • Silence amid the din of war the politics and poetics of audibility in Brian Turner's my Life as a foreign country
  • Beginnings stories that need telling.

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