1st Edition
U.S. Militarism and the Terrain of Memory Negotiating Dead Space
By John Bechtold
Copyright 2025
160 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
160 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
160 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book analyzes how the Iraqi city of Fallujah became registered as a setting for military heroics in American memory.
In 2004, the U.S. military conducted two disastrous assaults in Fallujah, Iraq. More than 1,000 citizens were killed, and, according to the military’s own estimate, upwards of 200,000 people were displaced because of the violence. Yet, despite this human catastrophe, the... Read more
1. Introduction
2. The mediation of Fallujah
3. Reporting from the kill box
4. The mechanics of persuasive force
5. Marking dead space
6. Fortifying the symbolic body
7. Coda
Biography
John Bechtold is a former American military officer and veteran of the Iraq War. He holds a PhD degree in American Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he currently lectures on visual culture.
