01662cam a2200265 i 4500 537937885 TxAuBib 20211119120000.0 200416s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020017750 9781597145145 hardcover 1597145149 hardcover (OCoLC)1139130888 TxAuBib rda Sjursen, Daniel. Patriotic dissent : America in the age of endless war / Daniel A. Sjursen. Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2020] xviii, 141 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-140.) "This incendiary work by Daniel Sjursen is a personal cry from the heart by a once-model US Army officer and West Point graduate who became a military dissenter while still on active duty. Set against the backdrop of the terror wars of the last two decades, Sjursen asks whether there is a proper space for patriotism that renounces entitled exceptionalism and narcissistic jingoism. Once a burgeoning believer and budding conservative, Sjursen performed an intellectual and spiritual about-face. He now calls for a critical exploration of our allegiances, and he suggests a path to a new, more complex notion of patriotism. Equal parts unsentimental and idealistic, this is a story about what it means to be an American in the midst of perpetual war, and what the future of patriotism might look like"-- Provided by publisher. 20211119.