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Woden Teachout
Capture the Flag
A Political History of American Patriotism
Woden Teachout
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Americans
honor
the
flag
with
a
fervor
seen
in
few
other
countries:
The
Stars
and
Stripes
decorate
American
homes
and
businesses;
wave
over
sports
events
and
funerals;
and
embellish
everything
from
politicians'
lapels
to
the
surface
of
the
moon.But
what
does
the
flag
mean?
In
Capture
the
Flag,
historian
Woden
Teachout
reveals
that
it
has
held
vastly
different
meanings
over
time.
It
has
been
claimed
by
both
the
right
and
left;
by
racists
and
revolutionaries;
by
immigrants
and
nativists.
In
tracing
the
political
history
of
the
flag
from
its
origins
in
the
American
Revolution
through
the
present
day,
Teachout
demonstrates
that
the
shifting
symbolism
of
the
flag
reveals
a
broader
shift
in
the
definition
of
American
patriotism.A
story
of
a
nation
in
search
of
itself,
Capture
the
Flag
offers
a
probing
account
of
the
flag
that
has
become
America's icon.
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