Dirty wars : landscape, power, and waste in western American literature / John Beck.

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Beck, John, 1963-

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780803226692
0803226691
1282424424
9781282424425
9786612424427
6612424427

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dirty wars.DDC classification:

810.9/35878 22

LOC classification:

PS271 .B43 2009eb

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Contents:

Introduction : dirty wars -- The purloined landscape -- The prehistory of the permanent war economy -- Dust breeding : narratives of inter(n)ment -- Learning from Los Alamos -- Gridlocked and homeless -- Loomings : dread in west Texas -- After nature : gothic contamination -- After nature writing -- The west as Cold War museum -- The fringe of empire -- Conclusion : endless war.

Summary: 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."

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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."