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Echoes of War: A Thousand Years of Military History in Popular Culture
Echoes of War A Thousand Years of Military History in Popular Culture
Author: Michael C. C. Adams
Americans are often accused of not appreciating history, but this charge belies the real popular interest in the past. Historical reenactments draw thousands of spectators; popular histories fill the bestseller lists; PBS, A&E and The History Channel air a dizzying array of documentaries and historical dramas; and Hollywood war movies become blo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780813122403
ISBN-10: 0813122406
Publication Date: 9/2002
Pages: 288
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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Book Type: Hardcover
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An interesting examination of the changing ways in which iconic military moments are remembered in pop culture by Michael C. C. Adams, professor of military history. From Troy and King Arthur to the Civil War and Vietnam in movies, books, music, poetry.


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