At war : the military and American culture in the twentieth century and beyond
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At war : the military and American culture in the twentieth century and beyond
（War culture）
Rutgers University Press, c2018
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Includes index
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Description
The country’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its interventions around the world, and its global military presence make war, the military, and militarism defining features of contemporary American life. The armed services and the wars they fight shape all aspects of life—from the formation of racial and gendered identities to debates over environmental and immigration policy. Warfare and the military are ubiquitous in popular culture.
At War offers short, accessible essays addressing the central issues in the new military history—ranging from diplomacy and the history of imperialism to the environmental issues that war raises and the ways that war shapes and is shaped by discourses of identity, to questions of who serves in the U.S. military and why and how U.S. wars have been represented in the media and in popular culture.
Table of Contents
Introduction: War, the military, and American culture / David Kieran and Edwin A. Martini
War and justice / Sahr Conway-Lanz
American empire / Stefan Aune
Domestic politics and antiwar activism / Nick Witham
The military-industrial complex / Mark R. Wilson
Military demographics / Jennifer Mittelstadt
Combat / Christopher Hamner
Veterans and veterans' issues / Wilbur J. Scott
War, persecution, and displacement: U.S. refugee policy since 1945 / Jana K. Lipman
Race and/in war / Christine Knauer
Gender, the military, and war / Kara Dixon Vuic
The embodiment of war: bodies for, in, and after war / John M. Kinder
War and the environment / Richard P. Tucker
Communications media, the U.S. military, and the war brought home / Susan L. Carruthers
War in visual culture / Bonnie M. Miller
War and film / Scott Laderman
War and memory / G. Kurt Piehler
Timeline: Major events in U.S. military history, 1890-2017 / Katherine Ellison and William Watson
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