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Warfare state : World War II Americans and the age of big government
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Warfare state : World War II Americans and the age of big government / James T. Sparrow.
ISBN
9780199791019 (alk. paper)
0199791015 (alk. paper)
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Physical Description
336 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 15, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: War and the popular foundations of the state
pt. 1. Ideology, political culture, and state formation
War displaces its analog
Morale and the national moment
Scapegoating the state
pt. 2. Encountering the state in everyday life
Buying our boys back
Work or fight
Citizen-soldiers
Conclusion: The paradox of rights in the warfare state.
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