Description
Book SynopsisAmerican war poetry spans the history of the nation. Comprehensive and compelling,
American War Poetry not only documents the birth and development of a national style of expression but shows the force of poetry working on the historical moment, making it come vitally alive.
Trade ReviewAmerican War Poetry is an original and unprecedented event. . . . In reading this formidable symphony of utterance one cannot but admire the vision, critical acumen, and scholarly rigor that brought so necessary a book into being. Goldensohn has given us an immense gift. -- Carolyn Forché, author of
Blue Hour: PoemsThese fascinating poems... put into sharp relief America's complex, conflicted, and evolving attitudes toward war. * Ploughshares *
A sterling collection of verse from the colonial wars to today. * VVA Veteran *
Original and significant. * readysteadybook.com *
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American War Poetry] offers the works of nearly 200 of America's greatest poets. * Library Journal *
This unique, remarkable anthology of war poetry embraces every major conflict of the US... Essential. * Choice *
American War Poetry is an essential anthology for these times, as well as one that will hold up well long after. -- Kathleen Rooney * Harvard Review *
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
The Colonial Wars, 1746–1763
The Revolutionary War, 1776–1783
The War of 1812
The Alamo and the Mexican-American War, 1836 and 1846–1848
The Civil War, 1861–1865
The Indian Wars, 1620–1911
The Spanish-American War, 1898
The War of the Philippines, 1899–1902
World War I, 1917–1918
The Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939
World War II, 1941–1945
The Korean War, 1950–1953
The Vietnam War, 1964–1975
El Salvador, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf
Biographies in Brief
Further Acknowledgments and Permissions
