num_pages: 408
description: In a substantial new afterword to his classic account of the collapse of American triumphalism in the wake of World War II, Tom Engelhardt carries that story into the twenty-first century. He explores how, in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the younger George Bush headed for the Wild West (Osama bin Laden, "Wanted, Dead or Alive"); how his administration brought "victory culture" roaring back as part of its Global War on Terror and its rush to invade Saddam Husseins's Iraq; and how, from its "Mission Accomplished" moment on, its various stories of triumph crashed and burned in that land.
language: English
title: The End of Victory Culture: Cold War America and the Disillusioning of a Generation
titlecomplete: The End of Victory Culture: Cold War America and the Disillusioning of a Generation
genres: 20th Century, American, History, American History, War, Politics, Political Science, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 151
series: Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond
publisher: University of Massachusetts Press