World War I, mass death, and the birth of the modern US soldier : a rhetorical history / / David W. Seitz
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| Autore: |
Seitz David W. <1980->
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| Titolo: |
World War I, mass death, and the birth of the modern US soldier : a rhetorical history / / David W. Seitz
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2018] |
| ©2018 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 317 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 940.465 |
| Soggetto topico: | World War, 1914-1918 - Monuments - Europe |
| National cemeteries, American - Europe | |
| Soldiers - United States - Social conditions - 20th century | |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | World War I, mass death, and the birth of the modern US soldier |
| ISBN: | 1-4985-4688-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825364403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Lexington studies in contemporary rhetoric.