After September 11; 2001; the void left following the attack on the Twin Towers in the heart of New York was the visible symbol that there was to be a breaking point with the past. The attacks dramatically changed the everyday lives of the American people and the new devastating landscape led people to seek to restore the certainties that had been so suddenly shattered. In doing this; Americans went back to the historical myths in their culture. This book explores the collective memory and historical American myths like; for example; the myth of the innocent nation and the frontier myth; and shows how some of these nationally considered historical truths have not disappeared; but were indeed exhumed in the music produced post-9/11.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Graphic Art in Support of the War EffortBy A. A. NofiA summary of the review on StrategyPage.Com:Historians Hadley and Pegler draw on the collections of the historical museum of the Great War; in Peronne; France; to present a selection of scores of posters; including propaganda issues; commercial advertising; and others; related to the 1914-1918 war. While the Western Front powers are the focus of the book; there is some coverage of the other fronts as well. This is not merely a collection of pictures of posters. The work is organized into seven chapters: recruiting; raising money; military life; the enemy; family and home front; films; and the post-war period. Each chapter has an extensive treatment of how posters were used in the war effort; and; in the final chapter; to raise consciousness about the plight of veterans; the need to help rebuild; and; in Germany; the need for vengeance. This approach makes the work much more than just a picture book; but a valuable contribution to how posters had an important part in war making.