LEADER 03827nam 2200625 450 001 9910788369803321 005 20230207215027.0 010 $a1-4214-0002-2 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046976 035 $a(PromptCat)40018333446 035 $a(MH)012586234-2 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000605748 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11426282 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000605748 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10574939 035 $a(PQKB)10088900 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4398367 035 $a(OCoLC)794700405 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1469 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4398367 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11161084 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046976 100 $a20091215d2010 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 15$aThe "Good War" in American memory /$fJohn Bodnar 210 1$aBaltimore :$cJohns Hopkins University Press,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 299 p. )$cill. ; 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8018-9667-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWartime -- Soldiers write the war -- "No place for weaklings" -- Monuments and mourning -- The split screen -- The outsiders -- The victors -- Conclusion -- Postscript on Iraq. 330 1 $a"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. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aCollective memory$zUnited States 606 $aMemory$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aWar and society$zUnited States 606 $aNational characteristics, American 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSocial aspects 615 0$aCollective memory 615 0$aMemory$xSocial aspects 615 0$aWar and society 615 0$aNational characteristics, American. 676 $a940.53/73 700 $aBodnar$b John E.$f1944-$01094416 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788369803321 996 $aThe "Good War" in American memory$93840575 997 $aUNINA