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Divided by Terror American Patriotism after 9/11
Title
Divided by Terror American Patriotism after 9/11 / John Bodnar.
ISBN
9781469662633
1469662639
9781469662619
1469662612
Publication
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©[2021]
Physical Description
1 online resource
Local Notes
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Summary
"Americans responded to the deadly terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, with an outpouring of patriotism, though all were not united in their expression. A war-based patriotism inspired millions of Americans to wave the flag and support a brutal War on Terror in Afghanistan and Iraq, while many other Americans demanded an empathic patriotism that would bear witness to the death and suffering surrounding the attack. Twenty years later, the war still simmers, and both forms of patriotism continue to shape historical understandings of 9/11's legacy and the political life of the nation. John Bodnar's compelling history shifts the focus on America's War on Terror from the battlefield to the arena of political and cultural conflict, revealing how fierce debates over the war are inseparable from debates about the meaning of patriotism itself"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 24, 2021
Contents
Introduction: The Patriots' Debate
First Responses
Memorializing 9/11
Unmasking Suffering and Iraq
Visualizing the War
The Soldiers' Debate
Camera Angles
Patriots Hating
Conclusion: A House Divided.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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