02980nam 2200697 a 450 991082045000332120240501142212.01-282-42442-497866124244270-8032-2669-1(CKB)2670000000008984(EBL)471727(OCoLC)593259818(SSID)ssj0000336753(PQKBManifestationID)11251872(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336753(PQKBWorkID)10282124(PQKB)10827382(MiAaPQ)EBC471727(MdBmJHUP)muse11930(Au-PeEL)EBL471727(CaPaEBR)ebr10375814(CaONFJC)MIL242442(EXLCZ)99267000000000898420090616d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDirty wars landscape, power, and waste in western American literature /John Beck1st ed.Lincoln University of Nebraska Pressc20091 online resource (378 p.)Postwestern horizonsDescription based upon print version of record.0-8032-2631-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : dirty wars -- The purloined landscape -- The prehistory of the permanent war economy -- Dust breeding : narratives of inter(n)ment -- Learning from Los Alamos -- Gridlocked and homeless -- Loomings : dread in west Texas -- After nature : gothic contamination -- After nature writing -- The west as Cold War museum -- The fringe of empire -- Conclusion : endless war.Since World War II, the American West has become the nation's military arsenal, proving ground, and disposal site. Through a wide-ranging discussion of recent literature produced in and about the West, Dirty Wars explores how the region's iconic landscapes, invested with myths of national virtue, have obscured the West's crucial role in a post-World War II age of "permanent war."Postwestern horizons.American literatureWest (U.S.)History and criticismAmerican literature20th centuryHistory and criticismPolitics and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPolitics and cultureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWar and literatureWest (U.S.)In literatureAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.American literatureHistory and criticism.Politics and literatureHistoryPolitics and cultureHistoryWar and literature.810.9/35878Beck John1963-978185MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820450003321Dirty wars3917492UNINA