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1 online resource |
Contents |
Censorship and the first casualty controversy: World War I, 1917-1918 -- Bad news in the "good war": World War II, 1941-1943 -- The price of victory: World War II, 1944-1945 -- Partisanship and the police action: the Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Vietnam: the escalating war, 1961-1968 -- Vietnam: de-escalation and defeat, 1969-1989 -- Gulf Wars: Iraq and Afghanistan, 1990-2011 |
Summary |
Call it the Vietnam Syndrome or Black Hawk Down blowback. It's the standard assumption that Americans won't tolerate combat casualties, that a rising body count lowers support for war. But that's not true, argues historian Steven Casey; even worse, this assumption damages democracy. Fearing a backlash, the military has routinely distorted its casualty reports in order to hide the true cost of war. When Soldiers Fall takes a new look at the way Americans have dealt with the toll of armed conflict. Drawing on a vast array of sources, from George Patton's command papers to previously untapped New |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Casualty aversion (Military science) -- United States
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War casualties -- United States -- Public opinion
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War casualties -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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War casualties -- United States -- History -- 21st century
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Mass media and war -- United States
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Public opinion -- United States
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Casualty aversion (Military science)
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Mass media and war
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Public opinion
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War casualties
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United States
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780199890392 |
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0199890390 |
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1306114195 |
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9781306114196 |
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