I don't think they feel the cognitive dissonance. To them war produces guys with a chest full of medals. But thinking about the dead, the maimed, and those whose PTSD is very obvious makes them feel all icky inside, so they avoid thinking about that part entirely. Sort of like WW II movies...heroes. The only one that dealt with the after…
I don't think they feel the cognitive dissonance. To them war produces guys with a chest full of medals. But thinking about the dead, the maimed, and those whose PTSD is very obvious makes them feel all icky inside, so they avoid thinking about that part entirely. Sort of like WW II movies...heroes. The only one that dealt with the aftermath in any accurate way was The Best Years of Our Lives in 1946. They skip over the Vietnam War movies as too icky.
I don't think they feel the cognitive dissonance. To them war produces guys with a chest full of medals. But thinking about the dead, the maimed, and those whose PTSD is very obvious makes them feel all icky inside, so they avoid thinking about that part entirely. Sort of like WW II movies...heroes. The only one that dealt with the aftermath in any accurate way was The Best Years of Our Lives in 1946. They skip over the Vietnam War movies as too icky.
You got that right.