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Author:

Casey, Steven.

Title:

When soldiers fall : how Americans have confronted combat losses from World War I to Afghanistan / Steven Casey.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Casualty aversion (Military science)--United States.
War casualties--United States--Public opinion.
War casualties--United States--History--20th century.
War casualties--United States--History--21st century.
Mass media and war--United States.
Public opinion--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-300) and index.

Contents:

Censorship and the first casualty controversy: World War I, 1917-1918 -- Bad news in the "good war": World War II, 1941-1943 -- The price of victory: World War II, 1944-1945 -- Partisanship and the police action: the Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Vietnam: the escalating war, 1961-1968 -- Vietnam: de-escalation and defeat, 1969-1989 -- Gulf Wars: Iraq and Afghanistan, 1990-2011.

ISBN:

0199890382 (alk. paper)
9780199890385 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)811599683

LCCN:

2012045613

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)