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200 10$aAmerican wars, American peace$b[electronic resource] $enotes from a son of the empire /$fPhilip D. Beidler
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aAthens, Ga. $cUniversity of Georgia Press$dc2007
215   $a1 online resource (183 p.)
300   $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
311   $a0-8203-2969-X 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 167-170).
327   $aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Pax Americana -- Top Gun and the Tank Driver -- Sons and Fathers, Bad Wars and Good Wars -- An Old GI Looks at Generation Kill -- Squad Leaders in the Sky -- Home of the Infantry -- Hajis -- What I Learned in the Green Machine -- Swindled by Saint Jack -- The Best and the Brightest, Only Dumber -- Hopeless in Honolulu -- A Note on Sources.
330   $aAs he reflects on terrorism, patriotism, geopolitics, sacrifice, propaganda, and more, Beidler revisits his generation's "inherited vision of national purpose" and he asks what happened. These essays are a sobering wake-up call for even the most informed and conscientious citizen.
606   $aImperialism
606   $aWar and society$zUnited States
606   $aMemory$xSocial aspects$zUnited States
606   $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xSocial aspects
606   $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xSocial aspects
606   $aIdealism, American
607   $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1989-
607   $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989
607   $aUnited States$xMilitary policy
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