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Author Samet, Elizabeth D., author.

Title Looking for the good war : American amnesia and the violent pursuit of happiness / Elizabeth D. Samet.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  940.53 SAMET    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  940.53 SAMET    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  940.53 SAM    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  940.53 SAM    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  940.5373 SAMET    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.53 SAM    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  940.5373 SAMET    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  940.5373 SAM    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  940.5373 SAMET    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  940.5373 SAMET    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 354 pages ; 22 cm.
Contents Age of Gold -- Dead-Shot American Cowboys -- Thieves Like Us -- "War, What Is It Good For?" -- Giddy Minds and Foreign Quarrels -- Epilogue: Age of Iron.
Summary "From the acclaimed author of No Man's Land and Soldier's Heart, a wide-ranging work of cultural history and criticism that reexamines the impact of post-World War II myths of the "good war.""-- Provided by publisher.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Influence.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States.
Collective memory -- United States.
Memory -- Social aspects -- United States.
War and society -- United States.
HISTORY / World.
Collective memory. (OCoLC)fst01739814
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) (OCoLC)fst00972484
Memory -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01015940
Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01354981
War and society. (OCoLC)fst01170447
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Chronological Term 1939-1945
Added Title American amnesia and the violent pursuit of happiness
ISBN 9780374219925 (hardcover)
0374219923 (hardcover)
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