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Author Casey, Steven

Title When soldiers fall : how Americans have confronted combat losses from World War I to Afghanistan / Steven Casey
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]

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Contents Censorship and the first casualty controversy: World War I, 1917-1918 -- Bad news in the "good war": World War II, 1941-1943 -- The price of victory: World War II, 1944-1945 -- Partisanship and the police action: the Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Vietnam: the escalating war, 1961-1968 -- Vietnam: de-escalation and defeat, 1969-1989 -- Gulf Wars: Iraq and Afghanistan, 1990-2011
Summary Call it the Vietnam Syndrome or Black Hawk Down blowback. It's the standard assumption that Americans won't tolerate combat casualties, that a rising body count lowers support for war. But that's not true, argues historian Steven Casey; even worse, this assumption damages democracy. Fearing a backlash, the military has routinely distorted its casualty reports in order to hide the true cost of war. When Soldiers Fall takes a new look at the way Americans have dealt with the toll of armed conflict. Drawing on a vast array of sources, from George Patton's command papers to previously untapped New
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Casualty aversion (Military science) -- United States
War casualties -- United States -- Public opinion
War casualties -- United States -- History -- 20th century
War casualties -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Mass media and war -- United States
Public opinion -- United States
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Casualty aversion (Military science)
Mass media and war
Public opinion
War casualties
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199890392
0199890390
1306114195
9781306114196