President Trump and General Pershing Remembrances of the "Moro" Insurrection in the Age of Post-Truths /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hasian, Jr., Marouf A. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: United States-Politics and government.; World politics.; Imperialism.; Communication.; US Politics.; Political History.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; Media and Communication.

This book provides a critical analysis of Donald Trump's mention of General Pershing and his alleged use of bullets dipped in pig's blood to kill 49 out of 50 captured Muslims during the suppression years in the Philippines. The author argues that most observers who heard this "fable&...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Theory, Praxis, and American Politics in the Age of Post-Truths
• 2. Competing Military and Civilian Remembrances of "Black Jack" Pershing and the Moros, 1899-1914
• 3. Cultural Amnesias, Changing Political Needs in the U.S. and the Philippines, and Conflicting Memories of General Pershing and the "Moro" Rebellion, 1915-2000
• 4. Post-9/11 Anxieties, Donald Trump's "Post-truths," Pershing, and Contemporary Defenses of Counterinsurgency "Hearts and Minds" Strategies.  .