Suisman, David

Summary: "David Suisman shows that the US military has a deep and multilayered investment in music. It employs thousands of musicians, whose music creates communal norms and identities. Music also helps soldiers to grapple with the realities of combat, while serving as a weapon in its own right, at places like Guantánamo Bay. Suisman calls music 'a lubricant in the gears of the American war machine,'...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press

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