When soldiers fall : how Americans have confronted combat losses from World War I to Afghanistan / Steven Casey.
Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]Copyright date: 2014Description: 1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199890392Subject(s): Casualty aversion (Military science) -- United States | Public opinion -- United States | Mass media and war -- United States | War casualties -- United States -- History -- 20th century | War casualties -- United States -- History -- 21st century | War casualties -- United States -- Public opinionGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: When soldiers fall.DDC classification: 355.4/22 LOC classification: U163 | .C265 2014Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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