World War I, mass death, and the birth of the modern US soldier : a rhetorical history /
"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 goo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2018]
Lanham, Maryland : 2018 Lanham, Maryland : [2018] |
| Series: | Lexington studies in contemporary rhetoric
Lexington studies in contemporary rhetoric |
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Table of Contents:
- The "uncensored" view from afar: American perceptions of the Great War, 1914-1917
- "Body and soul and spirit": mobilization, conscription, and mass death, 1917-1918
- A crisis of speech: addressing mass death and the trauma of war, 1918-1922
- Why they died: public memory and the birth of the modern U.S. soldier, 1922-1933
- Conclusion
- The "uncensored" view from afar: American perceptions of the Great War, 1914-1917
- "Body and soul and spirit": mobilization, conscription, and mass death, 1917-1918
- A crisis of speech: addressing mass death and the trauma of war, 1918-1922
- Why they died: public memory and the birth of the modern U.S. soldier, 1922-1933