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Autore: | Beidler Philip D |
Titolo: | American wars, American peace : notes from a son of the empire / / Philip D. Beidler |
Pubblicazione: | Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2007 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (183 p.) |
Disciplina: | 973.9 |
Soggetto topico: | Imperialism |
War and society - United States | |
Memory - Social aspects - United States | |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Social aspects | |
Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Social aspects | |
Idealism, American | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government 1989- |
United States Politics and government 1945-1989 | |
United States Military policy | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-170). |
Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | As 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | American wars, American peace |
ISBN: | 1-282-55299-6 |
9786612552991 | |
0-8203-3649-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910809613103321 |
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