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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Lisa M Mundey |
ISBN: | 9780786466504 0786466502 |
OCLC Number: | 757461948 |
Description: | v, 250 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Introduction -- Postwar tributes, 1945-1950 -- The dark side of war, 1950-1959 -- The new look, 1951-1959 -- Citizen-soldiers and civilian control, 1959-1964 -- Vietnam era, 1965-1970 -- Conclusion. |
Responsibility: | Lisa M. Mundey. |
Abstract:
"This study explores military images in television, film, and comic books from 1945 to 1970 to understand how popular culture made it possible for a public to embrace more militaristic national security policies yet continue to perceive themselves as deeply anti-militaristic"--Provided by publisher.
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