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Chapter Six. MEN OF ACTION

Heroic Melodrama and the Passion of Mad Dog

Eliot Borenstein

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
PREFACE ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATIONS xvii
INTRODUCTION 1
Chapter One. ABOUT THAT 24
Chapter Two. STRIPPING THE NATION BARE 51
Chapter Three. PIMPING THE MOTHERLAND 77
Chapter Four. TO BE CONTINUED 98
Chapter Five. WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES 127
Chapter Six. MEN OF ACTION 159
Chapter Seven. OVERKILL 195
CONCLUSION 225
WORKS CITED 241
INDEX 259

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
PREFACE ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATIONS xvii
INTRODUCTION 1
Chapter One. ABOUT THAT 24
Chapter Two. STRIPPING THE NATION BARE 51
Chapter Three. PIMPING THE MOTHERLAND 77
Chapter Four. TO BE CONTINUED 98
Chapter Five. WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES 127
Chapter Six. MEN OF ACTION 159
Chapter Seven. OVERKILL 195
CONCLUSION 225
WORKS CITED 241
INDEX 259

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