A study in war rhetoric, material rhetoric, and public memory, this book explains how the aftermath of the American World War I experience led to the rhetorical production of the long-lasting and familiar icon of the modern US soldier as a virtuous, self-sacrificial, "global force for good."
A study in war rhetoric, material rhetoric, and public memory, this book explains how the aftermath of the American World War I experience led to the rhetorical production of the long-lasting and familiar icon of the modern US soldier as a virtuous, self-sacrificial, "global force for good."
David W. Seitz is associate professor of communication arts and sciences at Penn State University, Mont Alto.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One. The "Uncensored" View from Afar: American Perceptions of the Great War, 1914-1917 Chapter Two. "Body and Soul and Spirit": Mobilization, Conscription, and Mass Death, 1917-1918 Chapter Three. A Crisis of Speech: Addressing Mass Death and the Trauma of War, 1918-1922 Chapter Four. Why They Died: Public Memory and the Birth of the Modern U.S. Soldier, 1922-1933 Conclusion Index About the Author
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One. The "Uncensored" View from Afar: American Perceptions of the Great War, 1914-1917 Chapter Two. "Body and Soul and Spirit": Mobilization, Conscription, and Mass Death, 1917-1918 Chapter Three. A Crisis of Speech: Addressing Mass Death and the Trauma of War, 1918-1922 Chapter Four. Why They Died: Public Memory and the Birth of the Modern U.S. Soldier, 1922-1933 Conclusion Index About the Author
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