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.

Table of Contents:

The "uncensored" view from afar: American perceptions of the Great War, 1914-1917
"Body and soul and spirit": mobilization, conscription, and mass death, 1917-1918
A crisis of speech: addressing mass death and the trauma of war, 1918-1922
Why they died: public memory and the birth of the modern U.S. soldier, 1922-1933
Conclusion.