Dirty wars: landscape, power, and waste in western American literature

"Since World War II, the American West has become the nation's military arsenal, proving ground, and disposal site. ... [book title] explores how the region's iconic landscapes, invested with myths of national virtue, have obscured the West's crucial role in a post-World War II age of "permanent war." ... Throughout [book title], [author] identifies resonances between different experiences and representations of the West that allow us to think about internment policies, the manufacture of atomic weapons, the culture of Cold War security, border policing, and toxic pollution as part of a broader program of a sustained and invasive management of western space."--Book jacket.