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Instrument of War

Music and the Making of America's Soldiers
  • David Suisman
2024
The University of Chicago Press

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  • The U.S. Marine Corps marching band plays during a ceremony in 2004.
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    American Music, American War

    A roundtable discussion about David Suisman’s “Instrument of War.”
    by Gayle F. Wald, Matt Delmont, David Suisman, Gustavus Stadler, Joseph M. Thompson, Lisa Gilman, Deborah Paredez via Public Books on December 4, 2025
  • Soldiers sing at the end of the day in Vietnam, January 1968.
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    The Soundtrack to Vietnam War History Isn’t Quite Historically Accurate

    Why rock overtook every other genre to define our understanding of America at war.
    by David Suisman via HNN on December 3, 2024
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