Pop Culture Goes to War

Geoff Martin is assistant professor of continuous learning and political science at Mount Allison University.Erin Steuter is professor of sociology at Mount Allison University.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One - The Price of War: The Costs of the Military Industrial ComplexChapter Two - The Call to Arms: Popaganda Persuades the Public to go to WarChapter Three - Toying with War: Conscripting Children through War GamesChapter Four - War Fever: Hollywood Mobilizes Support for the War on TerrorChapter Five - The War Must Go On: How Pop Culture Legitimates the Sacrifices of WarChapter Six - Warrior Nation: When War Becomes a Consumer LifestyleChapter Seven - 'We Support Your War of Terror': Resisting Militarism through SatireChapter Eight - Waging Peace: Culture Jammers Take Resistance to the StreetsConclusionBibliographyIndex

This book provides an essential guide for the public to identify and deconstruct the pro-war messages lurking in much of commercial popular culture, including myths complicit with President Obama's sugar-coated militarism. Readers then learn how this menace to a potentially peaceful America can be subverted and reclaimed by and for a savvy public. Commendably, the authors' clearly written text avoids jargon making their crucial analysis available to a broad audience.