Title: Dirty wars: landscape, power, and waste in western American literature
Description: "Since World War II, the American West has become the nation's military arsenal, proving ground, and disposal site. ... [book title] explores how the region's iconic landscapes, invested with myths of national virtue, have obscured the West's crucial role in a post-World War II age of "permanent war." ... Throughout [book title], [author] identifies resonances between different experiences and representations of the West that allow us to think about internment policies, the manufacture of atomic weapons, the culture of Cold War security, border policing, and toxic pollution as part of a broader program of a sustained and invasive management of western space."--Book jacket.
Subjects: Politics and culture, In literature, Politics and literature, American literature, History and criticism, War and literature, History, Postwar reconstruction, United states, history, 1945-, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century, West (u.s.), in literature
Places: United States, West (U.S.)
Time periods: 20th century