PART I: THE IRAQ WAR: REAL AND VIRTUAL Yellow Ribbons Everywhere and No Meaning to Be Found; E.A.Hakanen Political Bumper Stickers and Vehicle Class: Are SUVs the Enemy?; D.Porpora & D.Koch Stars and Stripes in the Year after 9/11: 'Rally around the Flag' or 'The Flag Is a Rag'; R.E.Ostman & H.Littell A Small World-and Its Flags-in a Much Bigger One; A-M.Obajtek-Kirkwood Searching for Common Sense: Tracing the Roots of George W. Bush's War Rhetoric; M.Butler Warlords of the Iraqi Blogosphere; P.Ringrose Warriors or Amazons: Did Opposing the War in Iraq Become a Gender Issue; M.de la luz Matus-Mendoza PART II: WARS, THEN AND NOW Envisioning Resistance: Directions of Power and Authority in the Vietnam Era GI Underground Press; J.Lewes Not So Far from Vietnam: A Study of War, Film and the Media; J.Ervine War, Nationalism, Fear, Cruelty, Religion: Comparing Depictions of Indians in 19th Century French-Canadian Literature and Arabs in Americal Political cartoons 2001-2005; V.Masse War and Peace in Christian Prayer; A.Thomas, S.Berg, T.Berg& D.Nice