Making the forever war : Marilyn Young on the culture and politics of American militarism /

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"The late historian Marilyn B. Young, a preeminent voice on the history of U.S. military conflict, spent her career reassessing the nature of American global power, its influence on domestic culture and politics, and the consequences felt by those on the receiving end of U.S. military force. At...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Young, Marilyn Blatt (Author)
Other Authors: Bradley, Mark, 1961- (Editor), Dudziak, Mary L., 1956- (Editor), Bacevich, Andrew J. (writer of afterword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021]
Series:Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond
Subjects:
1900-2099
Militarism > United States.
Cold War > Influence.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > United States.
War and society > United States.
Militarisme > États-Unis.
Guerre de Corée, 1950-1953 > États-Unis.
Guerre et société > États-Unis.
HISTORY / General
Militarism.
Military policy.
War and society.
War > Influence.
United States > History, Military > 20th century.
United States > History, Military > 21st century.
United States > Military policy.
États-Unis > Histoire militaire > 20e siècle.
États-Unis > Histoire militaire > 21e siècle.
United States.
Military history.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Making American Wars
  • The Age of Global Power
  • Hard Sell: The Korean War
  • U.S. Opposition to War in Korea and Vietnam
  • "The Same Struggle for Liberty": Korea and Vietnam
  • Counting the Bodies in Vietnam
  • Part II: Unlimited War, Limited Memory
  • The Big Sleep
  • Bombing Civilians: From the Twentieth to the Twenty-First Centuries
  • Permanent War
  • US in Asia; US in Iraq: Lessons not Learned
  • "I Was Thinking, as I Often Do These Days, of War": The United States in the Twenty-First Century.

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