{"product_id":"9781625346308-american-war-stories","title":"American War Stories","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVeteran-Writers and the Politics of Memoir\u003cbr\u003eFocuses on an extensive selection of memoirs written by veterans of the Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan conflicts to explore the complex relationship between memory and politics in the context of postmodern war.\u003cbr\u003eTrust 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55179736777078,"sku":"9781625346308","price":69.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_38187851_36806bcd-ee88-4478-b1ea-6a61f300a3c2.jpg?v=1763787278","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781625346308-american-war-stories","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}