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Looking for the Good War

American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness

Elizabeth D. Samet

2021

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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Book Review

Destructive Myths

Romanticized stories about the Second World War are at the heart of American exceptionalism.

by Jeff Faux via Dissent on August 30, 2022
Book Review

Has the Myth of the ‘Good War’ Done Us Lasting Harm?

Elizabeth Samet argues that an idealized narrative of America’s actions in World War II has colored our beliefs about warfare in detrimental ways.

by Ben Rhodes via New York Times on December 1, 2021

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A New History of World War II

A new book argues that the conflict was a battle for empire.

by Daniel Immerwahr via The Atlantic on April 4, 2022

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