Hunt the Devil : A Demonology of US War Culture

208 Pages·2015·1.01 MB·English

by  Giner

HUNT THE DEVIL

HUNT DEVIL
THE
A Demonology of US War Culture
Robert L. Ivie and Oscar Giner
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Cover photograph: A soldier from the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment,
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division participates in a dismounted
presence patrol through the Beida neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, on
Feb. 29, 2008; courtesy of the US Department of Defense
Cover design: Michele Myatt Quinn
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ivie, Robert L.
Hunt the Devil : a demonology of US war culture / Robert L. Ivie and
Oscar Giner.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8173-1869-7 (hardback) — ISBN 978-0-8173-8819-5 (e book)
1. Demonology—United States. 2. Tricksters. 3. Imagery (Psychology) 4. War
and society—United States. 5. Rhetoric—Political aspects—United States.
I. Giner, Oscar, 1953– II. Title.
GR525.I85 2015
133.4'20973—dc23
2014046403
To Nancy, for sharing the journey with abiding faith and stead-
fast commitment
R. L. I.
For Margarita, who loved me through the years when love seemed
lost
O. G.

Contents
Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction     1
1. Evildoers     12
2. Witches     32
3. Indians     49
4. Dictators     70
5. Reds     91
6. Tricksters     111
Conclusion     135
Notes     145
Selected Bibliography     177
Index     191

Acknowledgments
This book was written with the support of a sabbatical license for Oscar
Giner from the Herberger College of Design and the Arts and while on
leave from the Barrett Honors College of Arizona State University.
A portion of chapter 1, “Evildoers,” appeared initially in Robert L. Ivie
and Oscar Giner, “Hunting the Devil: Democracy’s Rhetorical Impulse to
War,” Presidential Studies Quarterly 37.4 (De cem ber 2007): 580–98.
A portion of chapter 2, “Witches,” appeared initially in Robert L. Ivie
and Oscar Giner, “Genealogy of Myth in Presidential Rhetoric,” in The
Sourcebook for Po liti cal Communication Research: Methods, Measures, and Ana­
lytical Techniques, ed. Erik P. Bucy and R. Lance Holbert (New York: Rout-
ledge, 2011), 300–320.