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Is any war a good war? In Worshipping the
Myths of World War II, the author takes a critical look at what he
sees is America's dedication to war as panacea and as Washington's
primary method for leading the world. Articulating why he believes
the lessons of World War II are profoundly relevant to today's
events, Edward W. Wood, Jr., reflects on such topics as the killing
of innocents, which became increasingly accepted during the war; on
how actual killing is usually ignored in war discussions and
reporting; on the lifetime impact of frontline duty, which he knew
firsthand; on the widely accepted concept of the Greatest
Generation; on present criteria for judging war memoirs and novels;
on the fallacy that the United States won the war largely on its
own; and on the effect that the Holocaust had on our national
concepts of evil and purity. His final chapter centers on how the
'war on terror' is different from World War II and why the myths
created about the latter hide that reality. |
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| ISBN-10: 1597970166 ISBN-13: 9781597970167 |
Hardback - July 2006 |
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