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1 online resource (384 pages) |
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Acknowledgments; Introduction: Beyond Telling or Imagining; PART I: THE WORLD WAR II ERA; 1 Here Is Your War, 1941-1945; 2 Little Guys with Golden Eagle Badges, 1945-1950; 3 The Idea of Me, 1945-1950; PART II: THE LONG 1950S; 4 Kilroy Is Back, 1950-1953; 5 The True Story of the Foot Soldier, 1951-1966; PART III: THE VIETNAM ERA; 6 The Perplexing War, 1964-1968; 7 I Gave Them a Good Boy, 1969-1973; 8 A Dark Side to Man's Soul, 1967-1978; Conclusion: The Warrior Image; Notes; Bibliography; Text Credits; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
| Summary |
Images of war saturated American culture between the 1940s and the 1970s, as U.S. troops marched off to battle in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Exploring representations of servicemen in the popular press, government propaganda, museum exhibits, literature, film, and television, Andrew Huebner traces the evolution of a storied American icon--the combat soldier |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-353) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
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Soldiers in art.
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Soldiers in literature.
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Soldiers in motion pictures.
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Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Civilization
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Popular culture
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Soldiers
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Soldiers in art
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Soldiers in literature
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Soldiers in motion pictures
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Massenkultur
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Soldat
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United States -- History, Military -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
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United States -- Civilization -- 1945- -- Pictorial works
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
illustrated books.
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Illustrated works
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History
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Military history
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Pictorial works
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Illustrated works.
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Ouvrages illustrés.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007027989 |
| ISBN |
9780807868218 |
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0807868213 |
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9781469602486 |
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1469602482 |
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