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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b6637358.
- catalog coverage "United States Social life and customs 1945-1970.".
- catalog coverage "United States Social life and customs 1970-".
- catalog coverage "United States Social life and customs 1971-".
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "I. War Story. 1. Triumphalist Despair. 2. Story Time. 3. Ambush at Kamikaze Pass. 4. Premonitions: The Asian Death of Victory Culture -- II. Containments (1945-1962). 1. War Games. 2. The X Marks the Spot. 3. The Enemy Disappears. 4. The Haunting of Childhood. 5. Entering the Twilight Zone -- III. The Era of Reversals (1962-1975). 1. The First Coming of G.I. Joe. 2. The Invisible Government. 3. Playing with Fire. 4. Into the Charnel House of Language. 5. The President as Mad Mullah. 6. The Crossover Point. 7. "Something Rather Dark and Bloody" 8. The War Crimes of Daniel Ellsberg. 9. Ambush at Kamikaze Pass (II). 10. Besieged. 11. Reconstruction -- IV. Afterlife (1975-1994).".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-331) and index.".
- catalog 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.".
- catalog extent "viii, 351 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "End of victory culture.".
- catalog identifier "0465019846 :".
- catalog identifier "0465019854 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "End of victory culture.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, NY : BasicBooks,".
- catalog relation "End of victory culture.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social life and customs 1945-1970.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social life and customs 1970-".
- catalog spatial "United States Social life and customs 1971-".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "973.9 20".
- catalog subject "E169.04 .E64 1994".
- catalog subject "E169.04 .E64 1995".
- catalog subject "Popular culture United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Sociology, Military United States.".
- catalog subject "War and society.".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. War Story. 1. Triumphalist Despair. 2. Story Time. 3. Ambush at Kamikaze Pass. 4. Premonitions: The Asian Death of Victory Culture -- II. Containments (1945-1962). 1. War Games. 2. The X Marks the Spot. 3. The Enemy Disappears. 4. The Haunting of Childhood. 5. Entering the Twilight Zone -- III. The Era of Reversals (1962-1975). 1. The First Coming of G.I. Joe. 2. The Invisible Government. 3. Playing with Fire. 4. Into the Charnel House of Language. 5. The President as Mad Mullah. 6. The Crossover Point. 7. "Something Rather Dark and Bloody" 8. The War Crimes of Daniel Ellsberg. 9. Ambush at Kamikaze Pass (II). 10. Besieged. 11. Reconstruction -- IV. Afterlife (1975-1994).".
- catalog title "The end of victory culture : cold war America and the disillusioning of a generation / Tom Engelhardt.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".