02158nam 2200457 450 991079691750332120230126220123.01-4985-4688-9(CKB)4100000005465649(MiAaPQ)EBC5432359(EXLCZ)99410000000546564920190620d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWorld War I, mass death, and the birth of the modern US soldier a rhetorical history /David W. SeitzLanham :Lexington Books,[2018]©20181 online resource (xxiv, 317 pages) illustrationsLexington Studies in contemporary rhetoric1-4985-4687-0 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."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.Lexington studies in contemporary rhetoric.World War, 1914-1918MonumentsEuropeNational cemeteries, AmericanEuropeSoldiersUnited StatesSocial conditions20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918MonumentsNational cemeteries, AmericanSoldiersSocial conditions940.465Seitz David W.1980-1563818MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796917503321World War I, mass death, and the birth of the modern US soldier3832518UNINA