Format:
Online-Ressource (ix, 170 p)
ISBN:
1282552996
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9781282552999
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9780820336497
Content:
As he reflects on terrorism, patriotism, geopolitics, sacrifice, propaganda, and more, Beidler revisits his generation's "inherited vision of national purpose" and he asks what happened. These essays are a sobering wake-up call for even the most informed and conscientious citizen.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Pax Americana -- Top Gun and the Tank Driver -- Sons and Fathers, Bad Wars and Good Wars -- An Old GI Looks at Generation Kill -- Squad Leaders in the Sky -- Home of the Infantry -- Hajis -- What I Learned in the Green Machine -- Swindled by Saint Jack -- The Best and the Brightest, Only Dumber -- Hopeless in Honolulu -- A Note on Sources.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-170)
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""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Pax Americana""; ""Top Gun and the Tank Driver""; ""Sons and Fathers, Bad Wars and Good Wars""; ""An Old GI Looks at Generation Kill""; ""Squad Leaders in the Sky""; ""Home of the Infantry""; ""Hajis""; ""What I Learned in the Green Machine""; ""Swindled by Saint Jack""; ""The Best and the Brightest, Only Dumber""; ""Hopeless in Honolulu""; ""A Note on Sources""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1282552880
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780820329697
Additional Edition:
Print version American Wars, American Peace : Notes from a Son of the Empire
Language:
English