Casey, Steven.

When soldiers fall : how Americans have confronted combat losses from World War I to Afghanistan / Steven Casey. - 1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations

Includes 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.

9780199890392


Casualty aversion (Military science)--United States.
Public opinion--United States.
Mass media and war--United States.
War casualties--History--United States--20th century.
War casualties--History--United States--21st century.
War casualties--Public opinion.--United States


Electronic books.

U163 / .C265 2014

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