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Author : Harold B. Morgan
Release : 2007
Genre : Evansville (Ind.)
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Book Rating : 953/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Home Front Heroes by : Harold B. Morgan
Download or read book Home Front Heroes written by Harold B. Morgan. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ellena Matthews
Release : 2024-06-11
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 113/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Home front heroism by : Ellena Matthews
Download or read book Home front heroism written by Ellena Matthews. This book was released on 2024-06-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home front heroism investigates how civilians were recognised and celebrated as heroic during the Second World War. Through a focus on London, this book explores how heroism was manufactured as civilians adopted roles in production, protection and defence, through the use of uniforms and medals, and through the way that civilians were injured and killed. This book makes a novel contribution to the study of heroism by exploring the spatial, material, corporeal and ritualistic dimensions of heroic representations. By tracing the different ways that home front heroism was cultivated on a national, local and personal level, this study promotes new ways of thinking about the meaning and value of heroism during periods of conflict. It will appeal to anyone interested in the social and cultural history of Second World War as well as the sociology and psychology of heroism.
Author : Joy Poliquin
Release : 2007
Genre :
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Book Synopsis Heroes on the Home Front by : Joy Poliquin
Download or read book Heroes on the Home Front written by Joy Poliquin. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis is intended to contribute to critical discussion of the American male hero in mainstream American war and action films post September 11, 2001 . The thesis investigates how these heroes' behaviour echoes a patriotic, conservative construction of the modern American as created through speeches given by George W. Bush in the wake of the events of September 11, 2001 . The thesis examines the hero in six primary sources: the war films We Were Soldiers, Behind Enemy Lines and The Great Raid and the action films Collateral Damage, Man on Fire and The Punisher. By analyzing the ideological subtext, political content, visual strategies and generic implications of the films, as well as the binary constructions of a selection of Bush speeches, and by reviewing historical representations of American male heroes on film produced in the wake of political events, the thesis concludes that the six films mobilize the USA's conservative viewpoint towards war and military action, and in concert with the speeches, contribute to an ongoing militarization of visual culture. Both systems echo a dangerous ideological fantasy of American history, life and patriotism.
Author : Oliver North
Release : 2013-11-05
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 371/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis American Heroes by : Oliver North
Download or read book American Heroes written by Oliver North. This book was released on 2013-11-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Heroes Proved, a moving collection of “straightforward, honest testimonials to the courage American troops display on and off the battlefield” (Kirkus Reviews). For more than a dozen years, combat-decorated Marine Oliver North and his award-winning documentary team from FOX News Channel’s War Stories traveled to the frontlines of the War on Terror to profile the dedicated men and women who serve our nation. This time, he follows them from the battlefield to the homefront and finds extraordinary inspiration in their triumph over life-altering adversity. In this new volume of his New York Times bestselling American Heroes series, North describes the courage, commitment, and strength of those who serve—and those who love them. The term “selfless devotion” may be a cliché to many—but not to the men and women on the pages of this book. Their stories resound with bravery, a warrior ethos, and spiritual strength that will encourage us all. Heroes are people who knowingly place themselves at risk for the benefit of others. Since the terror attack of September 11, 2001, more than two million young Americans have volunteered to serve in difficult and dangerous places. No military force in history has been asked to do more than those who have served and sacrificed in this long fight. They are American heroes. So too are their loved ones here at home. These are their stories.
Author : Allie Pleiter
Release : 2012-05-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 165/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Homefront Hero (Mills & Boon Love Inspired Historical) by : Allie Pleiter
Download or read book Homefront Hero (Mills & Boon Love Inspired Historical) written by Allie Pleiter. This book was released on 2012-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART Dashing and valiantly wounded, Captain John Gallows could have stepped straight out of a navy recruitment poster. Leanne Sample can’t help being impressed—although the lovely Red Cross volunteer tries to hide it.
