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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond
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Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: Making American Wars -- The Age of Global Power -- Hard Sell: The Korean War -- U.S. Opposition to War in Korea and Vietnam -- "The Same Struggle for Liberty": Korea and Vietnam -- Counting the Bodies in Vietnam -- Part II: Unlimited War, Limited Memory -- The Big Sleep -- Bombing Civilians: From the Twentieth to the Twenty-First Centuries -- Permanent War -- US in Asia; US in Iraq: Lessons not Learned -- "I Was Thinking, as I Often Do These Days, of War": The United States in the Twenty-First Century. |
| Summary |
"The late historian Marilyn B. Young, a preeminent voice on the history of U.S. military conflict, spent her career reassessing the nature of American global power, its influence on domestic culture and politics, and the consequences felt by those on the receiving end of U.S. military force. At the center of her inquiries was a seeming paradox: How can the United States stay continually at war, yet Americans pay so little attention to this militarism? Making the Forever War brings Young's articles and essays on American war together for the first time, including never before published works. Moving from the first years of the Cold War to Korea, Vietnam, and more recent "forever" wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Young reveals the ways in which war became ever-present, yet more covert and abstract, particularly as aerial bombings and faceless drone strikes have attained greater strategic value. For Young, U.S. empire persisted because of, not despite, the inattention of most Americans. The collection concludes with an afterword by prominent military historian Andrew Bacevich"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Militarism -- United States.
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Militarism. |
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United States. |
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Cold War -- Influence.
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Cold War (1945-1989) |
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
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Korean War, 1950-1953 -- United States.
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War and society -- United States.
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War and society. |
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United States -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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History, Military. |
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20th century |
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United States -- History, Military -- 21st century.
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21st century |
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United States -- Military policy.
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Military policy. |
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HISTORY / General. |
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War -- Influence. |
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Korean War (1950-1953) |
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Vietnam War (1961-1975) |
| Chronological Term |
1900-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Military history.
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| Added Author |
Bradley, Mark, 1961- editor.
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Dudziak, Mary L., 1956- editor.
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Bacevich, Andrew J., writer of afterword.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2020066505
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Marilyn Young on the culture and politics of American militarism |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Young, Marilyn Blatt. Making the forever war Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021] 9781625345684 (DLC) 2020053347 |
| ISBN |
9781613768235 (ebook) |
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1613768230 |
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9781625345684 (paper) |
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9781613768228 (ebook) |
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1613768222 |
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9781625345691 (hardcover) |
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