The end of victory culture
Subtitle: cold war America and the disillusioning of a generation
By: Tom Engelhardt.
Publisher: BasicBooks
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Sociology, Military -- United States; War and society; United States -- Social life and customs -- 1945-1970; United States -- Social life and customs -- 1971-
Description: The End of Victory Culture is an autopsy of a once vital American myth: the cherished belief that triumph over a less-than-human enemy was in the American grain, a birthright and a national destiny. This book is a compelling account of how a national narrative of triumph through which Americans bad always sustained themselves as a people underwent a vertiginous decomposition from Hiroshima to Vietnam.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-331) and index.