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Sound Targets : American Soldiers and Music in the Iraq War
By: Pieslak, Jonathan (Author).
Indiana University Press. Published: 15/09/2009. Audience Guide: Professional & Vocational.
Paperback. Sourced from U.S.A.
"Sound Targets reveals just how pervasively popular music has shaped contemporary U.S. military culture... This thoughtful and provocative study will certainly attract a wide audience concerned with music's roles in the time of war." W. Anthony Sheppard, author of Revealing Masks: Exotic Influences and Ritualized Performance in Modernist Music Theater Item Details
ISBN10/13: 0253220874/9780253220875
TITLE: Sound Targets
CONTRIBUTORS: Pieslak, Jonathan (Author)
IMPRINT: Indiana University Press
PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
PUBLICATION DATE: 15/09/2009
SUBJECT: Education / Reference, Music, Interdisciplinary Studies, Contemporary Popular
PAGES: 216
AUDIENCE GUIDE: Professional & Vocational
ILLUSTRATIONS: 17 illustrations
CONTENTS: Introduction; 1. Music in Military Recruiting; 2. Music as an Inspiration for Combat; 3. Looking at the Opposing Forces: An Introduction to the Music of Anti-American and Anti-Israeli Movements; 4. Music as a Psychological Tactic; 5. Music as a Form of Soldier Expression; 6. Metal and Rap Ideologies in the Iraq War; PostscriptAppendix 1: Map of Iraq; Appendix 2: Soldier E-mail and Sample Questions from Soldier Interviews; Glossary of Military Ranks; Bibliography; Index
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