Battlefields have traditionally been considered places where the
spirits of the dead linger, and popular culture brings those
thoughts to life. Supernatural tales of war told in print, on
screen, and in other media depict angels, demons, and legions of
the undead fighting against-or alongside-human soldiers. Ghostly
war ships and phantom aircraft carry on their never-to-be-completed
missions, and the spirits-sometimes corpses-of dead soldiers return
to confront the enemies who killed them, comrades who betrayed
them, or leaders who sacrificed them. In Horrors of War: The Undead
on the Battlefield, Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper have
assembled essays that explore the meaning and significance of these
tales. Among the questions that the volume seeks to answer are: How
do supernatural stories engage with cultural attitudes toward war?
In what ways do these stories reflect or challenge the popular
memories of particular wars? How do they ask us to think again
about battlefield heroism, military ethics, and the politics of
sacrifice? Divided into four sections, chapters examine undead war
stories in film (Carol for Another Christmas, The Devil's
Backbone), television (The Twilight Zone), literature (The Bloody
Red Baron, Devils of D-Day), comics (Weird War Tales, The Haunted
Tank), graphic novels (The War of the Trenches), and gaming (Call
of Duty: World at War). Featuring contributions from a diverse
group of international scholars, these essays address such themes
as monstrous enemies and enemies made monstrous, legacies and
memories of war, and the war dead who refuse to rest. Drawing
together stories from across wars, branches of service, and
generations of soldiers-and featuring more than fifty
illustrations-Horrors of War will be of interest to scholars of
film, popular culture, military history, and cultural history.
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