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Author:

Casaregola, Vincent.

Title:

Theaters of war : America's perceptions of World War II / Vincent Casaregola.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xv, 281 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war.
World War, 1939-1945--Motion pictures and the war.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Veterans--United States--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
World War, 1939-1945--Biography.--United States--Biography.
War in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : faces of the war -- A war warning -- "Why we fight" -- How we fight : campaigns of sacrifice and service -- "The great crusade" -- "Saddle up! Let's get back to the war" -- Longest days in the "good war" -- Conscientious objection -- Now it can be told : reopening old wounds -- The once and future war.

Summary:

Traces the ways in which Americans have represented their involvement by examining the literature, film, and journalism that have shaped the understanding of the war from 1939 to the present.

ISBN:

1403964866 (alk. paper)
9781403964861 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)298112240

LCCN:

2008055915

Locations:

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

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)