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Patriotic Dissent: America in the Age of Endless War

Patriotic Dissent: America in the Age of Endless War - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Daniel A. SjursenPublish date:9/8/2020Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:Heyday BooksISBN-13:9781597145145ISBN-10:1597145149UPC:9781597145145Book Category:Political Science, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Political Ideologies, Memoirs, Public PolicyBook Topic:Nationalism & Patriotism, Military PolicySize:8.60 x 5.50 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCT1W79FZJ
What is patriotism in our volatile age?

This incendiary work by Danny Sjursen is a personal cry from the heart by a once model U.S. Army officer and West Point graduate who became a military dissenter while still on active duty. Set against the backdrop of the terror wars of the last two decades, Sjursen asks whether there is a proper space for patriotism that renounces entitled exceptionalism and narcissistic jingoism. Once a burgeoning believer and budding conservative, who performed an intellectual and spiritual about face, Sjursen calls for a critical exploration of our allegiances, and suggests a path to a new, more complex notion of patriotism. Equal parts somber and idealistic, this is a story about what it means to be an American in the midst of perpetual war, and what the future of patriotism might look like.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Heyday BooksISBN-13:9781597145145ISBN-10:1597145149UPC:9781597145145Book Category:Political Science, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Political Ideologies, Memoirs, Public PolicyBook Topic:Nationalism & Patriotism, Military PolicySize:8.60 x 5.50 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCT1W79FZJ
Sjursen, Daniel A.: - Daniel A. Sjursen is a retired U.S. Army Major and regular contributor to Truthdig. His work has also appeared in Harper's, The LA Times, The Nation, Tom Dispatch, The Huffington Post, and The Hill. He served combat tours with reconnaissance units in Iraq and Afghanistan and later taught history at his alma mater, West Point. He is the author of a memoir and critical analysis of the Iraq War, Ghostriders of Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge. He co-hosts the progressive veterans' podcast "Fortress on a Hill." Follow him on Twitter at @SkepticalVet.
Publisher: Heyday Books

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