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World War I, mass death, and the birth of the modern US soldier : a rhetorical history /

A study in war rhetoric, material rhetoric and public memory, this book explains how the aftermath of the American World War I experience led to the rhetorical production of the long-lasting and familiar icon of the modern US soldier as a virtuous, self-sacrificial "global force for good."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seitz, David W., 1980- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
Series:Lexington studies in contemporary rhetoric.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918 > Social aspects > United States.
Soldiers > United States > History > 20th century.
War casualties > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Psychological aspects.
National characteristics, American.
Collective memory > United States.
Memorialization > United States > History > 20th century.
Reconstruction (1914-1939) > United States.
Sociology, Military > United States.

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