Why We “Support the Troops”- Rhetorical Evolutions
The article Why We “Support The Troops”: Rhetorical Evolutions by Roger Stahl analyzes the genealogy of the call “supporting the troops”. He …
Friended at the Front, Chapter 4
Chapter 4 in Friended at the Front by Silvestri discusses video memes and their impact on active duty soldiers. Silvestri describes a …
Making War Difficult & Ideologies
The chapter “Making War Difficult” In Robert Ivie’s Dissent From War analyzes how war creates a casualty of conscience and makes war …
American Nationalism and Social Media Customs on the Front
The Article, Fragmented Nationalism, by Matthew Lyons addresses how National pride is simply not enough to address sentiment of nationalism in the …
Can You Be Patriotic and Oppose the War?
Heidi Hamilton’s Can You Be Patriotic and Oppose the War? studies in depth what it means to be patriotic and the implications of …
The Mighty Pen Project
Our visitors on 1/23 are veterans, authors, and artists whose work is part of an ongoing effort to create a history of …
takeaways from 1/18
Hi all, I’d like to keep asking the question, “what are the takeaways?” from our class discussions. Here are a few points from …
The Costs of Terrorism and American Engagement in the Iraq War
The article in Scientific American by John Horgan criticizes the United States’ reaction to 9/11 and their involvement in the Iraq War …
welcome to our course blog
War rhetoric students: This is the space we will use to conduct a side conversation to our course discussions. Please see the …