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The article looks at how and why Americans have attached a metaphor of "crusade" to their troops in the period 1917-1945. Rather than having fixed meaning, the metaphor is useful because of its flexibility and utility in assigning meaning to the actions of Americans.
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This page is a summary of: From Reform to Rights: The American Culture of the Citizen Soldier and the Transformation of the Crusading Metaphor, 1917–1945, International Journal of Military History and Historiography, August 2021, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1163/24683302-bja10024.
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