Suffering soldiers
John Phillips Resch · 2000
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About the book
"This book examines how the moral sentiment of gratitude, as expressed in the image of the suffering soldier, transformed the memory of the Revolutionary War, political culture, and public policy in the early American Republic. This popular depiction removed the stigma of vice and treason from the Continental Army, legitimized the army as a republican institution, and credited it with securing independence. By glorifying the now aged, impoverished, and infirm Continental soldiers as republican warriors, the image also accentuated the nation's guilt for its ingratitude toward the veterans."--BOOK JACKET.
Book details
- Year
- 2000
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 319
- ISBN
- 9781558492325
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