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War and American popular culture : a historical encyclopedia

Author: M Paul Holsinger
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Publisher description: Spanning more than 400 years of America's past, this book brings together, for the first time, entries on the ways Americans have mythologized both the many wars the nation has fought and the men and women connected with those conflicts. Focusing on significant representations in popular culture, it provides information on fiction, drama, poems, songs, film and television, art, memorials,  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Encyclopedias
Additional Physical Format: Print version:
War and American popular culture.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999
(OCoLC)38288732
Online version:
War and American popular culture.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999
(OCoLC)607084208
Online version:
War and American popular culture.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999
(OCoLC)607739926
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: M Paul Holsinger
ISBN: 0313299080 9780313299087
OCLC Number: 38288732
Description: x, 479 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: ch. 1. Colonial American wars, 1565-1765 --
ch. 2. American Revolution --
ch. 3. War of 1812 --
ch. 4. Indian wars east of the Mississippi, 1783-1845 --
ch. 5. Texas Revolution and the War with Mexico, 1836-1848 --
ch. 6. Civil War --
ch. 7. Indian wars west of the Mississippi, 1862-1890 --
ch. 8. Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection --
ch. 9. World War I and the 1920s --
ch. 10. World War II --
ch. 11. Korean War --
ch. 12. War in Vietnam --
ch. 13. United States military since 1975.
Responsibility: edited by M. Paul Holsinger.

Abstract:

Publisher description: Spanning more than 400 years of America's past, this book brings together, for the first time, entries on the ways Americans have mythologized both the many wars the nation has fought and the men and women connected with those conflicts. Focusing on significant representations in popular culture, it provides information on fiction, drama, poems, songs, film and television, art, memorials, photographs, documentaries, and cartoons. From the colonial wars before 1775 to our 1997 peacekeeper role in Bosnia, the work briefly explores the historical background of each war period, enabling the reader to place the almost 500 entries into their proper context. The book includes particularly large sections dealing with the popular culture of the American Revolution, the Civil War, the Indian Wars West of the Mississippi, World War II, and Vietnam. It has been designed to be a useful reference tool for anyone interested in America's many wars, to provide answers, to teach, to inspire, and most of all, to be enjoyed.

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