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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778816503321

Autore

Dudziak Mary L. <1956->

Titolo

War time [[electronic resource] ] : an idea, its history, its consequences / / Mary L. Dudziak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012

ISBN

0-19-991347-1

1-283-42717-6

9786613427175

0-19-977748-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

355.020973

Soggetti

War

War (Philosophy)

Time - Philosophy

Time - Social aspects - United States

United States History, Military 21st century

United States History, Military 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. What Time Is It?; 2. When Was World War II?; 3. What Kind of War Was the Cold War?; 4. What Is a War on Terror?; Conclusion; Appendix; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

When is wartime? On the surface, it is a period of time in which a society is at war. But we now live in what President Obama has called ""an age without surrender ceremonies,"" as the Administration announced an ""end to conflict in Iraq,"" even though conflict on the ground is ongoing. It is no longer easy to distinguish between wartime and peacetime. In this inventive meditation on war, time, and the law, Mary Dudziak argues that wartime is not as discrete a time period as we like to think. Instead, America has been engaged in some form of ongoing overseas armed conflict for over a century.