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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796917503321

Autore

Seitz David W. <1980->

Titolo

World War I, mass death, and the birth of the modern US soldier : a rhetorical history / / David W. Seitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-4985-4688-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 317 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Lexington Studies in contemporary rhetoric

Disciplina

940.465

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Monuments - Europe

National cemeteries, American - Europe

Soldiers - United States - Social conditions - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.