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Warrior Dreams: Violence and Manhood in Post-Vietnam America

James William Gibson

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Description:Vietnam signaled the end of America's long history of martial victories. Warrior Dreamsn argues that the shame of defeat by a technologically inferior enemy, compounded by challenges to the status quo from feminism & minority groups, created a profound crisis in American identity--particularly for white males--& gave birth to a disturbing & reactionary new war culture designed to make America well again. Armed with a journalist's curiosity & a critic's precision, Gibson sets out to map this new American war zone. He plays paintball with LA's weekend warriors, learns to shoot like a pro at Arizona's elite Gunsite Ranch & parties with soldiers of fortune at their annual convention in Las Vegas. He surveys the combat magazines & weapons advertisements, films & novels that fuel the sexual, violent fantasies of millions of would-be warriors across the country. He shows how this mythology, far from harmless consumer entertainment, has indeed started a new war with real warriors--Aryan Nation, contract killers, mercenaries in Central America--& with dangerous consequences for democracy.AcknowledgmentsIntroductionOld warriors, new warriorsBirth of the warriorBlack-widow womenWho is the enemy & what does he want?The hero's magic weapons Self-transformation in combat & the pleasures of killingPaintball as combat sport Partying with the soldiers of fortune Becoming the armed man: combat pistol shooting at Gunsite RanchHave gun, will travel: hit men, mercenaries & racist groups join the new warBad men & bad guns: the symbolic politics of gun controlParamilitarism as state policy in the Reagan-Bush eraConclusionNotesIndexWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Warrior Dreams: Violence and Manhood in Post-Vietnam America. To get started finding Warrior Dreams: Violence and Manhood in Post-Vietnam America, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Vietnam signaled the end of America's long history of martial victories. Warrior Dreamsn argues that the shame of defeat by a technologically inferior enemy, compounded by challenges to the status quo from feminism & minority groups, created a profound crisis in American identity--particularly for white males--& gave birth to a disturbing & reactionary new war culture designed to make America well again. Armed with a journalist's curiosity & a critic's precision, Gibson sets out to map this new American war zone. He plays paintball with LA's weekend warriors, learns to shoot like a pro at Arizona's elite Gunsite Ranch & parties with soldiers of fortune at their annual convention in Las Vegas. He surveys the combat magazines & weapons advertisements, films & novels that fuel the sexual, violent fantasies of millions of would-be warriors across the country. He shows how this mythology, far from harmless consumer entertainment, has indeed started a new war with real warriors--Aryan Nation, contract killers, mercenaries in Central America--& with dangerous consequences for democracy.AcknowledgmentsIntroductionOld warriors, new warriorsBirth of the warriorBlack-widow womenWho is the enemy & what does he want?The hero's magic weapons Self-transformation in combat & the pleasures of killingPaintball as combat sport Partying with the soldiers of fortune Becoming the armed man: combat pistol shooting at Gunsite RanchHave gun, will travel: hit men, mercenaries & racist groups join the new warBad men & bad guns: the symbolic politics of gun controlParamilitarism as state policy in the Reagan-Bush eraConclusionNotesIndexWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Warrior Dreams: Violence and Manhood in Post-Vietnam America. To get started finding Warrior Dreams: Violence and Manhood in Post-Vietnam America, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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