At War

The Military and American Culture in the Twentieth Century and Beyond

• Author(s): David Kieran, Edwin A. Martini,
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Pages: 410
• ISBN_10: 0813584337
  ISBN_13: 9780813584331
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , History / Military / United States , Political Science / Public Policy / Military Policy , Social Science / Violence in Society , History / United States / 20th Century , Political Science / Security (National & International) , Political Science / Globalization , Political Science / Peace ,

Description:... The country’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its interventions around the world, and its global military presence make war, the military, and militarism defining features of contemporary American life. The armed services and the wars they fight shape all aspects of life—from the formation of racial and gendered identities to debates over environmental and immigration policy. Warfare and the military are ubiquitous in popular culture.

At War offers short, accessible essays addressing the central issues in the new military history—ranging from diplomacy and the history of imperialism to the environmental issues that war raises and the ways that war shapes and is shaped by discourses of identity, to questions of who serves in the U.S. military and why and how U.S. wars have been represented in the media and in popular culture.