War and American Popular Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313299087)

Spanning more than 400 years of America's past, this book brings together, for the first time, entries on the ways Americans have mythologized both the many wars the nation has fought and the men and women connected with those conflicts. Focusing on significant representations in popular culture, it provides information on fiction, drama, poems, songs, film and television, art, memorials, photographs, documentaries, and cartoons. From the colonial wars before 1775 to our 1997 peacekeeper role in Bosnia, the work briefly explores the historical background of each war period, enabling the reader to place the almost 500 entries into their proper context.

The book includes particularly large sections dealing with the popular culture of the American Revolution, the Civil War, the Indian Wars West of the Mississippi, World War II, and Vietnam. It has been designed to be a useful reference tool for anyone interested in America's many wars, to provide answers, to teach, to inspire, and most of all, to be enjoyed.

Author: M. Paul Holsinger
ISBN-10: 0313299080
ISBN-13: 9780313299087
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 01/30/1999
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.97lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25d

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 08/01/1999 pg. 182
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2000 pg. 537
Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2000 pg. 221
Booklist 04/15/1999