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"From the acclaimed author of No Man's Land and Soldier's Heart, a wide-ranging work of cultural history and criticism that reexamines the impact of post-World War II myths of the "good war." "--

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Main Author: Samet, Elizabeth D. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
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World War, 1939-1945 > United States > Influence.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > United States.
Collective memory > United States.
Memory > Social aspects > United States.
War and society > United States.
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Summary:"From the acclaimed author of No Man's Land and Soldier's Heart, a wide-ranging work of cultural history and criticism that reexamines the impact of post-World War II myths of the "good war." "--
Physical Description:354 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9780374219925
0374219923
Author Notes:Elizabeth D. Samet is the author of No Man's Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9/11 America ; Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point , which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest and was named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2007 by The New York Times ; and Willing Obedience: Citizens, Soldiers, and the Progress of Consent in America, 1776-1898 . Samet is the editor of Leadership: Essential Writings by Our Greatest Thinkers , The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant , and World War II Memoirs: Pacific Theater . The recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Grant and the Hiett Prize in the Humanities, she was also awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to support the research and writing of Looking for the Good War . She is a professor of English at West Point.

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