In “Looking for the Good War,” the West Point scholar Elizabeth D. Samet argues that an idealized narrative of America’s actions in World War II has colored our beliefs about warfare in detrimental ways.In “Looking for the Good War,” the West Point scholar Elizabeth D. Samet argues that an idealized narrative of America’s actions in World War II has colored our beliefs about warfare in detrimental ways.Read MoreBooks and Literature, World War II (1939-45), United States Defense and Military Forces, Holocaust and the Nazi Era, Afghanistan War (2001- ), Samet, Elizabeth D, Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness (Book)
