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“Support the Troops”: the Solider, the Citizen, and Our Ongoing Attachment to Militarism in post-9/11 America
Jan 17, 2024
Barnard Professor of Anthropology Nadia Abu El-Haj’s recently released book Combat Trauma elucidates the ways in which a rising focus on the psychological consequences of war on American combat personnel has dovetailed with ubiquitous calls to “support the troops” so as to undermine criticisms of US militarism in the post 9/11 era. Abu El-Haj tracks […]
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