Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness by Elizabeth D. Samet

Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness

Elizabeth D. Samet

368 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

challenging informative medium-paced

Description

In Looking for the Good War, Elizabeth D. Samet examines the literature, art, and culture that emerged after World War II, bringing her expertise as a professor of English at West Point to bear on the complexity of the postwar period in national l...

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informative 96%
challenging 55%
reflective 51%
dark 10%
emotional 3%
hopeful 3%
inspiring 3%
sad 3%
tense 3%

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medium 48%
fast 3%

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