Why America fights
Subtitle: patriotism and war propaganda from the Philippines to Iraq
By: Susan A. Brewer.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780195381351
Subjects: War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States; Patriotism -- United States; Propaganda, American; United States -- Military policy -- Moral and ethical aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The "divine mission": war in the Philippines; title: Crusade for democracy: over there in the great war; title: The good war: fighting for a better life in World War II; title: War in Korea: "the front line in the struggle between freedom and tyranny"; title: Why Vietnam: more questions than answers; title: Operation Iraqi freedom: war and infoganda.