Looking for the good war : American amnesia and the violent pursuit of happiness / Elizabeth D. Samet.

In Looking for the Good War, Elizabeth D. Samet reexamines the literature, art, and culture that emerged after World War II, bringing her expertise as a professor of English at West Point to bear on the complexity of the postwar period in national life. She exposes the confusion about American ident...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Samet, Elizabeth D. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
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.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > États-Unis > Influence.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Mémoire collective > États-Unis.
Guerre et société > États-Unis.
HISTORY / World.
Collective memory.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Memory > Social aspects.
Social aspects.
War and society.
United States.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects.
1939-1945
Informational works.
Documents d'information.
Genre:
Informational works.
Documents d'information.
Physical Description:354 pages ; 22 cm
Variant Title:
American amnesia and the violent pursuit of happiness
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prologue: Is this trip really necessary?
  • Introduction: One war at a time
  • 1. Age of gold
  • 2. Dead-shot American cowboys
  • 3. Thieves like us
  • 4. "War, what is it good for?"
  • 5. Giddy minds and foreign quarrels
  • Epilogue: Age of iron.