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Autore |
Seitz David W. <1980-> |
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Titolo |
World War I, mass death, and the birth of the modern US soldier : a rhetorical history / / David W. Seitz |
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Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2018] |
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©2018 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxiv, 317 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Lexington Studies in contemporary rhetoric |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1914-1918 - Monuments - Europe |
National cemeteries, American - Europe |
Soldiers - United States - Social conditions - 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The "uncensored" view from afar: American perceptions of the Great War, 1914-1917 -- "Body and soul and spirit": mobilization, conscription, and mass death, 1917-1918 -- A crisis of speech: addressing mass death and the trauma of war, 1918-1922 -- Why they died: public memory and the birth of the modern U.S. soldier, 1922-1933 -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"A study in war rhetoric, material rhetoric, and public memory, this book explains how the aftermath of the American World War I experience led to the rhetorical production of the long-lasting and familiar icon of the modern US soldier as a virtuous, self-sacrificial, "global force for good.""--Provided by publisher. |
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