Dirty Wars: Landscape, Power, and Waste in Western American Literature

by John Beck

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Since World War II, the American West has become the nation's military arsenal, proving ground, and disposal site. Through a wide-ranging discussion of recent literature produced in and about the West, Dirty Wars explores how the region's iconic landscapes, invested with myths of national virtue, have obscured the West's crucial role in a post-World War II age of "permanent war." In readings of western--particularly southwestern--literature, John...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0803226314

ISBN13:9780803226319

Release Date:December 2009

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Length:378 Pages

Weight:1.57 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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