War narratives : shaping beliefs, blurring truths in the Middle East /
Since the end of the draft in the United States, the nation?s wars have been fought by all-volunteer forces, creating an enormous divide between the civilian public and its military. Recent wars have taken place during the information age, allowing cable news and the "new media" of the int...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ;
no. 163. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Democratization and nation building: the narrative
- The deciders: the war of choice narrative
- Cowboy George's painless war: the cowboy narrative
- A Phase IV rodeo: the Phase IV narrative
- Coin toss: the surge narrative
- Heroes and victims: the hero and victim narratives
- On chickenshit: the master narrative
- In the mushy influences of the current times: new narratives
- Conclusion.
