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Author Casey, Steven.

Title When soldiers fall : how Americans have confronted combat losses from World War I to Afghanistan / Steven Casey.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
2014

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Censorship and the first casualty controversy: World War I, 1917-1918 -- Bad news in the "good war": World War II, 1941-1943 -- The price of victory: World War II, 1944-1945 -- Partisanship and the police action: the Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Vietnam: the escalating war, 1961-1968 -- Vietnam: de-escalation and defeat, 1969-1989 -- Gulf Wars: Iraq and Afghanistan, 1990-2011.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Casualty aversion (Military science) -- United States.
Public opinion -- United States.
Mass media and war -- United States.
War casualties -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
War casualties -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
War casualties -- United States -- Public opinion.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Casey, Steven. When soldiers fall. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014] x, 310 pages : illustrations 9780199890385 (DLC) 2012045613
ISBN 9780199890385 (alk. paper)
9780199890392 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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