LEADER 02158nam 2200457 450 001 9910796917503321 005 20230126220123.0 010 $a1-4985-4688-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000005465649 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5432359 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000005465649 100 $a20190620d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWorld War I, mass death, and the birth of the modern US soldier $ea rhetorical history /$fDavid W. Seitz 210 1$aLanham :$cLexington Books,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (xxiv, 317 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aLexington Studies in contemporary rhetoric 311 $a1-4985-4687-0 327 $aThe "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. 330 $a"A study in war rhetoric, material rhetoric, and public memory, this book explains how the aftermath of the American World War I experience led to the rhetorical production of the long-lasting and familiar icon of the modern US soldier as a virtuous, self-sacrificial, "global force for good.""--Provided by publisher. 410 0$aLexington studies in contemporary rhetoric. 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xMonuments$zEurope 606 $aNational cemeteries, American$zEurope 606 $aSoldiers$zUnited States$xSocial conditions$y20th century 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xMonuments 615 0$aNational cemeteries, American 615 0$aSoldiers$xSocial conditions 676 $a940.465 700 $aSeitz$b David W.$f1980-$01563818 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796917503321 996 $aWorld War I, mass death, and the birth of the modern US soldier$93832518 997 $aUNINA