American War Stories / Brenda M. Boyle.

• VerfasserIn: Boyle, Brenda M.,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2020]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: War Culture
• Physical Description: 1 Online-Resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. State of Crisis --; 2. Staging War --; 3. Lone Wolf Family Man --; 4. Military Judgment in a Neoliberal Age --; 5. The Soldier's Creed --; Coda --; Acknowledgments --; Notes --; Works Cited --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781978807624
• DOI: 10.36019/9781978807624
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Brenda M. Boyle.

American War Stories asks readers to contemplate what traditionally constitutes a "war story" and how that constitution obscures the normalization of militarism in American culture. The book claims the traditionally narrow scope of "war story," as by a combatant about his wartime experience, compartmentalizes war, casting armed violence as distinct from everyday American life. Broadening "war story" beyond the specific genres of war narratives such as "war films," "war fiction," or "war memoirs," American War Stories exposes how ingrained militarism is in everyday American life, a condition that challenges the very democratic principles the United States is touted as exemplifying.