Title: The language of war
Description: "The Language of War examines the relationship between language and violence, focusing on American literature from the Civil War, World War I, and World War II. James Dawes proceeds by developing two primary questions: How does the strategic violence of war affect literary, legal, and philosophical representations? And, in turn, how do such representations affect the reception and initiation of violence itself?

Authors and texts of central importance in this far-reaching study range from Louisa May Alcott and William James to William Faulkner, the Geneva Conventions, and contemporary American organizational sociology and language theory."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: American literature, English language, Historiography, History, History and criticism, Language and culture, Literature and the war, Military History, Social aspects of English language, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Violence, Violence in literature, War in literature, World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1939-1945, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century, American literature, history and criticism, 19th century, English language, social aspects, World war, 1914-1918, literature and the war, World war, 1939-1945, literature and the war, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, literature and the war, Social aspects, Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
Places: United States
Time periods: 19th century, 20th century, Civil War, 1861-1865