President Trump and General Pershing: Remembrances of the "Moro" Insurrection in the Age of Post-Truths - Hardcover

Hasian, Jr. Marouf A.

 
9783030014728: President Trump and General Pershing: Remembrances of the "Moro" Insurrection in the Age of Post-Truths
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 303001472X ISBN 13: 9783030014728
Verlag: Palgrave Pivot, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

This book provides a critical analysis of Donald Trump’s mention of General Pershing and his alleged use of bullets dipped in pig’s blood to kill 49 out of 50 captured Muslims during the suppression years in the Philippines. The author argues that most observers who heard this "fable" dismissed it as an inaccurate representation of historical realities that also maligned a great general. Using critiques of both Trump and "post-truths," the author argues that instead of being summarily dismissive of these comments, academics, investigative journalists and others ought to follow the US president’s admonition that we study "history," but do so in nuanced ways. The author argues that there are times when false renditions of historical events may in fact provide opportunities to revisit contentious pasts, and this book suggests that in place of sanitized military histories, we take this opportunity to provide detailed analyses of the "Moro" rebellion.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Marouf A. Hasian, Jr. is Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, USA. He is the author of Restorative Justice, Humanitarian Rhetorics, and Public Memories of Colonial Camp Cultures (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).

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This book provides a critical analysis of Donald Trump s mention of General Pershing and his alleged use of bullets dipped in pig s blood to kill 49 out of 50 captured Muslims during the suppression years in the Philippines. The author argues that most observers who heard this fable dismissed it as an inaccurate representation of historical realities that also maligned a great general. Using critiques of both Trump and post-truths, the author argues that instead of being summarily dismissive of these comments, academics, investigative journalists and others ought to follow the US president s admonition that we study history, but do so in nuanced ways. The author argues that there are times when false renditions of historical events may in fact provide opportunities to revisit contentious pasts, and this book suggests that in place of sanitized military histories, we take this opportunity to provide detailed analyses of the Moro rebellion.

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Verlag
Palgrave Pivot
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
303001472X
ISBN 13 
9783030014728
Einband
Tapa dura
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
148
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