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Author Ivie, Robert L.

Title Hunt the devil : a demonology of US war culture / Robert L. Ivie and Oscar Giner.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2015].
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Description 1 online resource (ix, 197 pages)
Note Description based on print version record.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Evildoers; 2. Witches; 3. Indians; 4. Dictators; 5. Reds; 6. Tricksters; Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.
Summary Hunt the Devil is a timely and illuminating exploration of demonic imagery in US war culture. In it, authors Robert L. Ivie and Oscar Giner examine the origins of the Devil figure in the national psyche and review numerous examples from US history of the demonization of America' s perceived opponents. Their analysis demonstrates that American military deployments are often part of a cycle of mythical projection wherein the Devil repeatedly appears anew and must be exorcised through redemptive acts of war, even at the cost of curtailing democratic values. Meticulously researched, documented, an.
Subject Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States.
Demonology -- United States.
Tricksters.
Imagery (Psychology)
War and society -- United States.
Rhetoric -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01096959
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Giner, Oscar, 1953-
Other Form: Print version: Ivie, Robert L. Hunt the Devil : A Demonology of US War Culture. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2015 9780817318697
ISBN 9780817388195 (electronic bk.)
0817388192 (electronic bk.)
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