Signs of War: From Patriotism to Dissent

Part I. The Iraq War: Real and Virtual

1. Yellow Ribbons Everywhere and No Meaning to Be Found
Ernest A. Hakanen

2. Political Bumper Stickers and Vehicle Class: Are SUVs the Enemy?
David J. Koch, Douglas V. Porpora

3. The Stars and Stripes in the Year After 9/11: “Rally ’Round the Flag” or “The Flag Is a Rag”
Ronald E. Ostman, Harry Littell

4. A Small World—and Its Flags—In a Much Bigger One
Anne-Marie Obajtek-Kirkwood

5. Searching for Common Sense: The Roots of George W. Bush’s War Rhetoric
Michael J. Butler

6. The Pornographic Barbarism of the Self-Reflecting Sign
Paul A. Taylor

7. Warlords of the Iraqi Blogosphere
Priscilla Ringrose

8. Warriors or Amazons: How Opposing the War in Iraq Became a Gender Issue in Mexico
Maria Matus-Mendoza

Part II. Wars Then and Now

9. Not so “Far from Vietnam”: A Study of War, Film, and the Media
Jonathan Ervine

10. War, Nationalism, Fear, Cruelty, Religion:
Vincent Masse

11. War and Peace in Christian Prayer
Andrew Thomas, Susan Berg, Tor Berg, David Nice

Keywords: History, Cultural History, European Politics, Political Science, Political Communication, Military and Defence Studies, Political History