World War I, Mass Death, and the Birth of the Modern Us Soldier - A Rhetorical History

A study in war rhetoric, material rhetoric, and public memory, this book explains how the aftermath of the American World War I experience led to the rhetorical production of the long-lasting and familiar icon of the modern US soldier as a virtuous, self-sacrificial, "global force for good."

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One. The "Uncensored" View from Afar: American Perceptions of the Great War, 1914-1917
Chapter Two. "Body and Soul and Spirit": Mobilization, Conscription, and Mass Death, 1917-1918
Chapter Three. A Crisis of Speech: Addressing Mass Death and the Trauma of War, 1918-1922
Chapter Four. Why They Died: Public Memory and the Birth of the Modern U.S. Soldier, 1922-1933
Conclusion
Index
About the Author

About the author

By David W. Seitz

Summary

A study in war rhetoric, material rhetoric, and public memory, this book explains how the aftermath of the American World War I experience led to the rhetorical production of the long-lasting and familiar icon of the modern US soldier as a virtuous, self-sacrificial, “global force for good.”

Product details

• Authors: Seitz David W. Seitz, David W. Seitz
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781498546898
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4689-8
• No. of pages: 342
• Series: Lexington Studies in Contemporary Rhetoric
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; First World War, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Communication Studies, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I