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American war stories : veteran-writers and the politics of memoir / Myra Mendible.

Author/creator Mendible, Myra, 1954- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021]
Descriptionxv, 221 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Veterans
Abstract "Trust in media and political institutions is at an all-time low in America, yet veterans enjoy an unmatched level of credibility and moral authority. Their war stories have become crucial testimony about the nation's leadership, foreign policies, and wars. Veterans' memoirs are not simply self-revelatory personal chronicles but contributions to political culture-to the stories circulated and incorporated into national myths and memories. American War Stories centers on an extensive selection of memoirs written by veterans of the Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan conflicts-including Brian Turner's My Life as a Foreign Country, Marcus Luttrell's Lone Survivor, and Camilo Mejia's Road from ar Ramadi-to explore the complex relationship between memory and politics in the context of postmodern war. Placing veterans' stories in conversation with broader cultural and political discourses, Myra Mendible analyzes the volatile mix of agendas, identities, and issues informing veteran-writers' narrative choices to argue that their work plays an important, though underexamined, political function in how Americans remember and judge their wars"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Mendible, Myra, 1954- American war stories Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2021 9781613769065
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2021017189
ISBN9781625346315
ISBN9781625346308 hardcover
ISBN1625346301 hardcover
ISBN162534631X paperback
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

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