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American Exceptionalism, Myth, and the Siege of the Alamo
No more mythic a story exists in the history of North America than the siege of the Alamo during the 1836 Texas war for independence. Virtually all Americans, unless they have been living under a rock their entire lives, have … Continue reading
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Tagged Alamo, American exceptionalism, American Myth, American Reality, Davy Crocket, Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier, Fess Parker, James Oliver Robertson, Jim Bowie, John Wayne, Juan N. Seguin, Myth, San Antonio, Santa Anna, Texas Revolution, The Alamo, William B. Travis
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Notes on An Important Book: “Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live In Now”
Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live In Now. By David Sirota. New York: Ballantine Books, 2011. In many respects Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live In Now is … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live In Now, Bo Jackson, Clint Eastwood, David Sirota, Department of Defense, Dirty Harry, George W. Bush, Hard Bodies: Hollywood Masculinity in the Reagan Era, Iraq, John Wayne, Madonna, Michael Jordan, Nike, Rambo, Red Dawn, Ronald Reagan, Strategic Air Command, Susan Jeffords, The Final Countdown, The Green Berets, They Were Expendable, Top Gun, Vietnam
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