Why America fights : patriotism and war propaganda from the Philippines to Iraq / Susan A. Brewer.
By: Brewer, Susan A. (Susan Ann).
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BookPublisher: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009Description: x, 342 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780195381351 (trade : alk. paper); 0195381351.Subject(s): United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century | Politics and war -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Patriotism -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Propaganda, American -- History -- 20th century | United States -- Foreign relations | War -- Political aspects -- History | Patriotism -- United States -- History | American propaganda -- HistoryDDC classification: 303.6/6/0973 Examines the advertising and propaganda methods U.S. presidents have used to persuade Americans of the need to go to war.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-333), filmography, and index.
The "divine mission" : war in the Philippines -- Crusade for democracy : over there in the Great War -- The good war : fighting for a better life in World War II -- War in Korea : "the front line in the struggle between freedom and tyranny"-- Why Vietnam : more questions than answers -- Operation Iraqi Freedom : war and infoganda.
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