{"product_id":"american-war-stories-myra-mendible-9781625346315","title":"American War Stories: Veteran-Writers and the Politics of Memoir","description":"Trust in media and political institutions is at an all-time low in America, yet veterans enjoy an unmatched level of credibility and moral authority. Their war stories have become crucial testimony about the nation's leadership, foreign policies, and wars. Veterans' memoirs are not simply self-revelatory personal chronicles but contributions to political culture--to the stories circulated and incorporated into national myths and memories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican War Stories\u003c\/i\u003e centers on an extensive selection of memoirs written by veterans of the Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan conflicts--including Brian Turner's \u003ci\u003eMy Life as a Foreign Country\u003c\/i\u003e, Marcus Luttrell's \u003ci\u003eLone Survivor\u003c\/i\u003e, and Camilo Mejia's \u003ci\u003eRoad from ar Ramadi\u003c\/i\u003e--to explore the complex relationship between memory and politics in the context of postmodern war. Placing veterans' stories in conversation with broader cultural and political discourses, Myra Mendible analyzes the volatile mix of agendas, identities, and issues informing veteran-writers' narrative choices to argue that their work plays an important, though underexamined, \u003ci\u003epolitical\u003c\/i\u003e function in how Americans remember and judge their wars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Myra Mendible\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 162534631X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781625346315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Massachusetts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Myra Mendible","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944689303807,"sku":"9781625346315","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_07b45cdd-3652-4929-b99c-8438c626a8f0.jpg?v=1681504710","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-war-stories-myra-mendible-9781625346315","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}