When soldiers fall : how Americans have confronted combat losses from World War I to Afghanistan

When soldiers fall : how Americans have confronted combat losses from World War I to Afghanistan / Steven Casey.

Author/creator	Casey, Steven
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Description	x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Casualty aversion (Military science)--United States. War casualties--United States --Public opinion. War casualties--United States --History --20th century. War casualties--United States --History --21st century. Mass media and war--United States. Public opinion--United States.

Contents	Censorship and the first casualty controversy: World War I, 1917-1918 -- Bad news in the "good war": World War II, 1941-1943 -- The price of victory: World War II, 1944-1945 -- Partisanship and the police action: the Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Vietnam: the escalating war, 1961-1968 -- Vietnam: de-escalation and defeat, 1969-1989 -- Gulf Wars: Iraq and Afghanistan, 1990-2011.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-300) and index.
LCCN	2012045613
ISBN	9780199890385 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0199890382 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	U163 .C265 2014	✔ Available	Place Hold