Though a part of American soldiers' lives since the Revolutionary War, by                  World War II music could be broadcast to the front. Today it accompanies soldiers                  from the recruiting office to the battlefield. For this book, Jonathan Pieslak                  interviewed returning veterans to learn about the place of music in the Iraq War and                  in contemporary American military culture in general. Pieslak describes how American                  soldiers hear, share, use, and produce music both on and off duty. He studies the                  role of music from recruitment campaigns and basic training to its use "in country"                  before and during missions. Pieslak explores themes of power, chaos, violence, and                  survival in the metal and hip-hop music so popular among the troops, and offers                  insight into the daily lives of American soldiers in the Middle East.

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