At war : the military and American culture in the twentieth century and beyond / edited by David Kieran and Edwin A. Martini.

Show other versions (1)

"If you have grown up during the twenty-first century, you've grown up at war. The United States' 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 military an...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:War culture.
Other Authors: Kieran, David, 1978- (Editor)
Martini, Edwin A., 1975- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
Series:War culture.
Subjects:
War and society > United States.
Militarism > United States.
United States > History, Military > 21st century.
United States > History, Military > 20th century.
Militarism.
War and society.
United States.
1900-2099
Military history.
Genre:
Military history.
Physical Description:viii, 399 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
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.