Vol. 26 No. 2 (2014): Democratic Communique

Introduction

• Introduction: Media, Technology, and the Culture of Militarism: Watching, Playing and Resisting the War Society

  Robin Andersen, Tanner Mirrlees

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• Act of Valor: Celebrating and Denying the Brutalities of an Endless and Global U.S. War

  Robin Andersen

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• “I’d Rather Be in Afghanistan”: Antinomies of Battle: Los Angeles

  Gerry Canavan

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• Post-War Postponed: War without End, the Returning Soldier in American Cinema, and the Gendered Representation of Trauma

  Anthony Grajeda

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• Imagining National Security: The CIA, Hollywood, and the War on Terror

  Deepa Kumar, Arun Kundnani

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• Medal of Honor: Operation Anaconda: Playing the War in Afghanistan

  Tanner Mirrlees

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• War Crimes, Cognitive Dissonance and the Abject: An Analysis of the Anti-War Wargame Spec Ops: The Line

  Nick Morwood

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• Life is War: The Rhetoric of Biomimesis and the Future Military

  Roger Stahl

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• The “Presumed” Influence of US International Broadcasting: Understanding Arab Audiences’ Responses to Al-Hurra Television

  Aziz Douai

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• Feminist Advocacy and War on Terror Militarism

  Isra Ali

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Note from the Editors

• A Note from the Editors

  Robin Andersen, Tanner Mirrlees

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Book Reviews

• Book Review: Social Media: A Critical Introduction. By Christian Fuchs.

  Brian Creech

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• Book Reviw: Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America. By John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney with a foreword by Senator Bernie Sanders.

  Tom N. Gardner

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• Book Review: Screaming for Change: Articulating a Unifying Philosophy of Punk Rock. By Lars J. Kristiansen, Joseph R. Blaney, Philip J. Chidester, and Brent K. Simonds.

  David C. Jackson

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