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05022aam a2200325 i 4500 001 E06460A65B3C11ED8F2A915D41ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221103010037 008 211123s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2021056166 020 $a 1684580994 020 $a 9781684580996 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Wright, James Edward, $d 1939- 245 1 $a War and American life : $b reflections on those who serve and sacrifice / $c James Wright. 264 1 $a Waltham, Massachusetts : $b Brandeis University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a 241 p. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 $a Machine generated contents note: Introduction: "Semper Fidelis" -- Section 1: Reflections of A Veteran -- "Cannons in the Park," Excerpt from first chapter of Those Who have Borne the Battle -- "The Old Corps: Boot Camp Memories" -- "Visiting Vietnam," Excerpt from Preface of Enduring Vietnam -- "Remarks: Veterans Day 2009 at the Vietnam Memorial Wall" -- "Walking the Hill They Died On," Vietnam [magazine], June 2019 -- Section II: Advocacy -- "Honoring Veterans," The Boston Globe, October 6, 2007 -- "The New G I Bill: It's a Win-Win Proposition," The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 7, 2008 -- "The Yellow Ribbon Program and Private Colleges," Excerpt from remarks at the annual meeting of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, February 2, 2009 -- "Veterans Day Is for Remembering -- And for Looking Ahead," Huffington Post, 11/11/12 -- "What Does America Owe Its Veterans?" Excerpts from Lecture at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, November 14, 2012 -- "The Challenge of Memorializing America's Wars," The Atlantic, 5/29/17 -- "GI Bill 2017: Investing in the Future of the Republic," Thehill.com, 7/28/17 -- "American Veterans and the National Obligation" Excerpt from remarks at a symposium organized by the National Institute of Corrections at the Library of Congress, May 17, 2018 -- "Remarks: Ivy Plus Veterans Council Meeting," October 5, 2019 -- Section III: History Lessons: Reminders of the Nation's Obligation -- "We Are Always Rewriting the Past - We Must," Valley News, 7/12/20 -- "War Veterans and American Democracy," Excerpts from Jefferson Memorial Lecture, University of California, Berkeley, February 2, 2010 -- "Veterans Day in America: The Place of the Korean War in a National Day of Memory," Excerpt from Shinhan Bank Lecture at Yonsei University, Underwood International College, Seoul, South Korea, November 11, 2010 -- "What We Learned From the Korean War," The Atlantic, 7/23/13 -- "The Baby Boomer War," New York Times, 4/11/17 -- "The Real Lessons of Vietnam - And Afghanistan," DefenseOne.com, 10/13/17 -- "Remembering Vietnam," Excerpt from remarks at the Wardroom Club, Boston, MA, November 15, 2017 -- "Enduring Vietnam: An American Generation and Its War," Excerpts from remarks presented to the Association of the United States Army in the Lemnitzer Lecture Series, May 16, 2018 -- "How Modern Wars Are Changing the Definition of Heroism," MilitaryTimes.com, 9/21/18 -- "As We Remember Normandy, Let's Not Forget Hamburger Hill," MilitaryTimes.com, 5/20/19 -- "The Capture of Hamburger Hill," Vietnam [magazine], June 2019 -- Section IV: Responsibilities -- "Bearing the Cost of War: Why the U.S. Should Raise Taxes -- Just As it Has in Previous Conflicts," Foreign Affairs, 8/11/12 -- "The Forgotten 1%," Huffington Post, 10/4/12 -- "War in Afghanistan: The Unseen Sacrifice," Huffington Post, 12/13/12 -- "Have Americans Forgotten Afghanistan?" The Atlantic, 3/25/13 -- "10 Years After 'Mission Accomplished,' the Risks of Another Intervention," The Atlantic, 3/25/13 -- "Remember: Those Who Fight Wars Die in Wars," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 7/3/13 -- "Remembering Those Who Wore the 'Boots on the Ground,'" The Atlantic, 5/30/16 -- "The Human Face of War," MilitaryTimes.com, 6/27/19 -- "Nixon's Leniency After My Lai Hurt Veterans. Trump's May, Too," DefenseOne.com, 12/15/19 -- "We've Learned to Thank Those Who Serve, Whether It's in War or During a Pandemic," Los Angeles Times, 5/25/20 -- "The Election Without a Debate Over War," DefenseOne.com, 11/1/20 -- X Epilogue: Mountains to Climb. 520 $a "War and American Life is a book of essays and reflections of a veteran and a historian who has been an advocate and a teacher/scholar. It considers American veterans and how our society needs to understand who they are and what they have done-and the responsibilities that follow this recognition"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20220715. 600 1 $a Wright, James Edward, $d 1939- 650 $a Veterans $z United States. 650 $a Civil-military relations $z United States. 650 $a War and society $z United States. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Military / United States. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Military / Veterans. 941 $a 1 952 $l DMPC403 $d 20221103010852.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E06460A65B3C11ED8F2A915D41ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search