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The End of Victory Culture: Cold War America and the Disillusioning of a Generation
Engelhardt, Tom
Date Written: 2007-08-17Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press Year Published: 2007 Pages: 387pp ISBN: 978-1558495869 Resource Type: Book Cx Number: CX18035 Engelhardt explores how, in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the administration of younger George Bush brought "victory culture" roaring back as part of its Global War on Terror and its rush to invade Saddam Husseins's Iraq. Further, he analyzes how, from its "Mission Accomplished" moment on, its various stories of triumph crashed and burned in that land. Abstract: - Table of Contents Triumphalist Despair Story Time Ambush at Kamikaze Pass The Asian Death of Victory Culture War Games The Enemy Disappears The Haunting of Childhood Entering the Twilight Zone THE ERA OF REVERSALS The Invisible Government Playing with Fire Into the Charnel House of Language The President as Mad Mullah NOTES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INDEX Subject Headings |