Worshipping The Myths Of World War Ii
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Worshipping The Myths Of World War Ii
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Author : Edward W. Wood, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2011
Worshipping The Myths Of World War Ii written by Edward W. Wood, Jr. and has been published by Potomac Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
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 II--and why the myths created about the latter hide that reality.
Myths Of World War Two
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Author : Richard Grove
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Myths Of World War Two written by Richard Grove and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
World War Ii
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Author : O. A. Ržeševskij
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
World War Ii written by O. A. Ržeševskij and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with categories.
World War Ii
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Author : O. A. Reevskij
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
World War Ii written by O. A. Reevskij and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with categories.
Myths And Legends Of The Second World War
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Author : James Hayward
language : en
Publisher: History Press (SC)
Release Date : 2009
Myths And Legends Of The Second World War written by James Hayward and has been published by History Press (SC) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Large type books categories.
Originally published: Stroud: Sutton, 2002.
Wla
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Wla written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Vietnam War, 1961-1975 categories.
Remembering The Road To World War Two
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Author : Patrick Finney
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-09-13
Remembering The Road To World War Two written by Patrick Finney and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-13 with History categories.
‘This is comparative history on a grand scale, skilfully analysing complex national debates and drawing major conclusions without ever losing the necessary nuances of interpretation.’ Stefan Berger, University of Manchester, UK Remembering the Road to World War Two is a broad and comparative international survey of the historiography of the origins of the Second World War. It explores how, in the case of each of the major combatant countries, historical writing on the origins of the Second World War has been inextricably entwined with debates over national identity and collective memory. Spanning seven case studies – the Soviet Union, Germany, Italy, France, Great Britain, the United States and Japan – Patrick Finney proposes a fresh approach to the politics of historiography. This provocative volume discusses the political, cultural, disciplinary and archival factors which have contributed to the evolving construction of historical interpretations. It analyses the complex and multi-faceted relationships between texts about the origins of the war, the negotiation of conceptions of national identity and unfolding processes of war remembrance. Offering an innovative perspective on international history and enriching the literature on collective memory, this book will prove fascinating reading for all students of the Second World War.
Destructive Sublime
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Author : Tanine Allison
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2018-06-25
Destructive Sublime written by Tanine Allison and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-25 with Performing Arts categories.
The American popular imagination has long portrayed World War II as the “good war,” fought by the “greatest generation” for the sake of freedom and democracy. Yet, combat films and other war media complicate this conventional view by indulging in explosive displays of spectacular violence. Combat sequences, Tanine Allison argues, construct a counter-narrative of World War II by reminding viewers of the war’s harsh brutality. Destructive Sublime traces a new aesthetic history of the World War II combat genre by looking back at it through the lens of contemporary video games like Call of Duty. Allison locates some of video games’ glorification of violence, disruptive audiovisual style, and bodily sensation in even the most canonical and seemingly conservative films of the genre. In a series of case studies spanning more than seventy years—from wartime documentaries like The Battle of San Pietro to fictional reenactments like The Longest Day and Saving Private Ryan to combat video games like Medal of Honor—this book reveals how the genre’s aesthetic forms reflect (and influence) how American culture conceives of war, nation, and representation itself.
Soldiers Once
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Author : Catherine Whitney
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Release Date : 2009-05-12
Soldiers Once written by Catherine Whitney and has been published by Da Capo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Catherine Whitney's brother, Vietnam veteran Jim Schuler, died at just fifty-three years old, while living in a flophouse. It had been sixteen years since, in one of his drunken rages, he had last seen his family. He was one of countless veterans who never recovered from the trauma of war and the stress of returning to live in a country that didn't care about his pain. The story of what happened to Whitney's brother resonates with humanity and has a clear relevance to current national concerns. Soldiers Once puts a very human face on veterans -- policies, finding in Whitney's personal drama a broader significance. It is both an investigation into her brother's loss and a meditation on the lost dreams of our military brotherhood.
The Myth Of The Leader
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Author : Lee Thayer
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2010-11-23
The Myth Of The Leader written by Lee Thayer and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-23 with Business & Economics categories.
"People create and sustain myths to explain what they cannot or do not comprehend. They sometimes create myths to make simple what would otherwise strike them as being too complex to bear in mind. Thus we have our ancient gods and our contemporary celebrities, and the fairy tales that explain them. But there is never one cause for what happens no matter how much we might treasure our formulaic myths. Anything that happens has many seen and unseen causes. Leadership is an ideal example. We conceive of our leaders as the cause of how things turn out. If things turn out badly, we blame them. If they turn out well, we elevate them to celebrity-hood. This is fairy-tale thinking. The hard truth is that our leaders cannot be any more competent in their role than we are in ours. Even then our leaders do not control the outcomes. We are following a dangerous path in the way we think about our leaders in this culture. We need to be able to distinguish between real leaders and counterfeit leaders. This book reveals how to do that. This book powerfully and insightfully unveils the myth of the leader."