| Description |
1 online resource (x, 276 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Yellow ribbons everywhere and no meaning to be found / Ernest A. Hakanen -- Political bumper stickers and vehicle class : are SUVs the enemy? / David J. Koch and Douglas V. Porpora -- The stars and stripes in the year after 9/11 : "Rally 'round the flag" or "The flag is a rag" / Ronald E. Ostman and Harry Littell -- A small world--and its flags--in a much bigger one / Anne-Marie Obajtek-Kirkwood -- Searching for Common sense : the roots of George W. Bush's war rhetoric / Michael J. Butler -- The pornographic barbarism of the self-reflecting sign / Paul A. Taylor -- Warlords of the Iraqi blogosphere / Priscilla Ringrose -- Warriors or Amazons : how opposing the war in Iraq became a gender issue in Mexico / Maria de la luz Matus-Mendoza -- Not so "far from Vietnam" : a study of war, film, and the media / Jonathan Ervine -- War, nationalism, fear, cruelty, religion : comparing depictions of Amerindians in nineteenth-century French Canadian literature and Muslims in American political cartoons, 2001-2006 / Vincent Masse -- War and peace in Christian prayer / Susan Berg, Tor Berg, and David Nice |
| Summary |
An analysis of Vietnam, 9/11 and the Iraq War from patriotism to dissent through various visual and written signs among which the US flag, ribbons, car-stickers, cartoons, movies, the media and presidential war rhetoric |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
War and society -- United States
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Social aspects
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Social aspects
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Social aspects
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Symbolism in politics -- United States.
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Political culture -- United States
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Political collectibles -- United States
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Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States
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Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States
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Demonstrations & protest movements.
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Warfare & defence.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Peace.
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Politics and Government.
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Mass media -- Political aspects.
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Political collectibles.
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Political culture.
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Rhetoric -- Political aspects.
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Social aspects.
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Symbolism in politics.
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War and society.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History, Military.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140338
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Iraq.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Military history.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Obajtek-Kirkwood, Anne-Marie.
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Hakanen, Ernest A.
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| LC no. |
2007016743 |
| ISBN |
9780230610026 |
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0230610021 |
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1281915513 |
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9781281915511 |
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9781349539833 |
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134953983X |
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9786611915513 |
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6611915516 |
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