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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458225403321

Autore

Kinney Katherine <1959->

Titolo

Friendly fire : American images of the Vietnam War / / Katherine Kinney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000

©2000

ISBN

1-280-65522-4

0-19-802758-3

1-4237-4571-X

0-19-534962-8

1-60256-750-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 221 p. ) : ill., 1 port

Disciplina

810.9/358

Soggetti

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Literature and the war

National characteristics, American, in literature

War stories, American - History and criticism

War poetry, American - History and criticism

Group identity in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-214) index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Friendly Fire refers not merely to a tragic error of war, witnessed at least as much in Vietnam as in American wars prior and following - it also refers, metaphorically, to America's war with itself during the Vietnam years.