HUNT THE DEVIL HUNT DEVIL THE A Demonology of US War Culture Robert L. Ivie and Oscar Giner the University of ala bama Press Tuscaloosa The University of Ala bama Press Tuscaloosa, Ala bama 35487–0380 uapress.ua.edu Copyright © 2015 by the University of Ala bama Press All rights reserved. Inquiries about reproducing material from this work should be addressed to the University of Ala bama Press. Typeface: Caslon and Orator Manufactured in the United States of America Cover photograph: A soldier from the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division participates in a dismounted presence patrol through the Beida neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 29, 2008; courtesy of the US Department of Defense Cover design: Michele Myatt Quinn ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of Ameri can National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ivie, Robert L. Hunt the Devil : a demonology of US war culture / Robert L. Ivie and Oscar Giner. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8173-1869-7 (hardback) — ISBN 978-0-8173-8819-5 (e book) 1. Demonology—United States. 2. Tricksters. 3. Imagery (Psychology) 4. War and society—United States. 5. Rhetoric—Political aspects—United States. I. Giner, Oscar, 1953– II. Title. GR525.I85 2015 133.4'20973—dc23 2014046403 To Nancy, for sharing the journey with abiding faith and stead- fast commitment R. L. I. For Margarita, who loved me through the years when love seemed lost O. G. Contents Acknowledgments     ix Introduction     1 1. Evildoers     12 2. Witches     32 3. Indians     49 4. Dictators     70 5. Reds     91 6. Tricksters     111 Conclusion     135 Notes     145 Selected Bibliography     177 Index     191 Acknowledgments This book was written with the support of a sabbatical license for Oscar Giner from the Herberger College of Design and the Arts and while on leave from the Barrett Honors College of Arizona State University. A portion of chapter 1, “Evildoers,” appeared initially in Robert L. Ivie and Oscar Giner, “Hunting the Devil: Democracy’s Rhetorical Impulse to War,” Presidential Studies Quarterly 37.4 (De cem ber 2007): 580–98. A portion of chapter 2, “Witches,” appeared initially in Robert L. Ivie and Oscar Giner, “Genealogy of Myth in Presidential Rhetoric,” in The Sourcebook for Po liti cal Communication Research: Methods, Measures, and Ana­ lytical Techniques, ed. Erik P. Bucy and R. Lance Holbert (New York: Rout- ledge, 2011), 300–320.