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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.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

354 pages ; 22 cm.

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.

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.

ISBN:

0374219923
9780374219925

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1227087002

LCCN:

2021028289

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

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

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)