03827nam 2200625 450 991078836980332120230207215027.01-4214-0002-2(CKB)3170000000046976(PromptCat)40018333446(MH)012586234-2(SSID)ssj0000605748(PQKBManifestationID)11426282(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000605748(PQKBWorkID)10574939(PQKB)10088900(MiAaPQ)EBC4398367(OCoLC)794700405(MdBmJHUP)muse1469(Au-PeEL)EBL4398367(CaPaEBR)ebr11161084(EXLCZ)99317000000004697620091215d2010 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe "Good War" in American memory /John BodnarBaltimore :Johns Hopkins University Press,2010.1 online resource (x, 299 p. )ill. ;Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8018-9667-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Wartime -- Soldiers write the war -- "No place for weaklings" -- Monuments and mourning -- The split screen -- The outsiders -- The victors -- Conclusion -- Postscript on Iraq."2003 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice." "An uncommonly well balanced account of the political biases of American movies ... A fine read for the generalist yet a scholarly achievement."---Choice. "You cannot but be seduced and even sometimes bedazzled by Bodnar's clear, well-informed and impartial analysis."---Cercles. "Bodnar provides a useful provocation. He asks us to think imaginatively about the subtle and complex ways movies communicate ideas and attitudes."---Journal of American History. "Open minded and even handed, he appreciates the nuances and mixed messages of Hollywood cinema."---American Historical Review. "The "Good War" in American Memory dispels the long-held myth that Americans forged an agreement on why they had to fight in World War II. John Bodnar's sociocultural examination of the vast public debate that took place in the United States over the war's meaning reveals that the idea of the "good war" was highly contested." "Bodnar's comprehensive study of the disagreements that marked the American remembrance of World War II in the six decades following its end draws on an array of sources: fiction and nonfiction, movies, theater, and public monuments. He identifies alternative strands of memory---tragic and brutal versus heroic and virtuous---and reconstructs controversies involving veterans, minorities, and memorials. In building this narrative, Bodnar shows how the idealism of President Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms was lost in the public commemoration of World War II, how the war's memory became intertwined in the larger discussion over American national identity, and how it only came to be known as the "good war" many years after its conclusion."--BOOK JACKET.World War, 1939-1945Social aspectsUnited StatesCollective memoryUnited StatesMemorySocial aspectsUnited StatesWar and societyUnited StatesNational characteristics, AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945Social aspectsCollective memoryMemorySocial aspectsWar and societyNational characteristics, American.940.53/73Bodnar John E.1944-1094416MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788369803321The "Good War" in American memory3840575UNINA