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Author Samet, Elizabeth D., author.

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

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
©2021
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2214051~S1
Location Call No. Status
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  940.5373 SAM    DUE 05-18-24
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Description 354 pages ; 22 cm
Contents Age of gold -- Dead-shot American cowboys -- Thieves like us -- "War, what is it good for?" -- Giddy minds and foreign quarrels -- Epilogue: Age of iron.
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.""-- Provided by publisher.
Subject 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.
Added Title American amnesia and the violent pursuit of happiness
ISBN 9780374219925 (hardcover)
0374219923 (hardcover)
Standard No. 40030845814
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