Writing US identities in the wars without frontlines : literary perspectives on the Persian Gulf and Iraq wars
For many cultural commentators, the Persian Gulf War (1990-1991) signalled a new era in which technological advances transformed warfare into what Jean Baudrillard refers to as a virtual experience epitomised by “surgical strikes” and “smart-bombs”. In contrast, the Iraq War (2003-2009) was hailed b...
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Nottingham Trent University
2011
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