Worshipping the Myths of World War II: Reflections on America's Dedication to War - Rilegato

Wood, Edward W., Jr.

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ISBN 10: 1597970166 ISBN 13: 9781597970167

Casa editrice: Potomac Books Inc, 2007

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Is any war a good war”? In Worshipping the Myths of World War II, the author takes a critical look at what he sees is America’s dedication to war as panacea and as Washington’s primary method for leading the world. Articulating why he believes the lessons of World War II are profoundly relevant to today’s events, Edward W. Wood, Jr., reflects on such topics as the killing of innocents, which became increasingly accepted during the war; on how actual killing is usually ignored in war discussions and reporting; on the lifetime impact of frontline duty, which he knew firsthand; on the widely accepted concept of the Greatest Generation”; on present criteria for judging war memoirs and novels; on the fallacy that the United States won the war largely on its own; and on the effect that the Holocaust had on our national concepts of evil and purity. His final chapter centers on how the war on terror” is different from World War IIand why the myths created about the latter hide that reality.

2007 Outstanding Academic Title selection from Choice Magazine

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Book by Jr Edward W Wood

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• Editore: Potomac Books Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1597970166
• ISBN 13: 9781597970167
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 244