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This paper examines how during times of war, nations often demonize the enemy, as if the people against whom they are fighting are less than human. According to the paper, U.S. leaders tend to be less xenophobic when they describe the enemy, but one element that often comes through in descriptions of the enemy or potential enemy is that the society in opposition lives by different rules and does not value the rights and freedoms enjoyed by Americans. This approach to showing the enemy as part of a false system that has different values can be seen in the lead-up to World War II, the Korean War, and the most recent war in Iraq.

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"In wartime, nations often demonize the enemy, as if the people against whom they are fighting are les than human. U.S. leaders tend to be less xenophobic when they describe the enemy, but one element that often comes through in descriptions of the enemy or potential enemy is that the society in opposition lives by different rules and does not value the rights and freedoms enjoyed by Americans. This approach to showing the enemy as part of a false system that has different values can be seen in the lead-up to World War II, the Korean War, and the most recent war in Iraq. John W. Dower notes an aspect of this when he shows how "many stereotyped..."

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