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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798493603321

Autore

Kieran David <1978->

Titolo

Forever Vietnam : how a divisive war changed American public memory / / David Kieran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61376-297-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Culture, Politics, and the Cold War

Disciplina

959.704/31

Soggetti

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Social aspects - United States

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States - Psychological aspects

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Influence

Memory - Social aspects - United States

Collective memory - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: "I know what it's like" -- "How far is Andersonville from Vietnam?": Vietnam revisionism and Andersonville National Historic Site -- "We veterans of mass murder and stupidity": older veterans' PTSD and the narration of combat in post-Vietnam memoirs of the Second World War -- "We see a lot of parallels between the men at the Alamo and ourselves": recovering from Vietnam at the Alamo -- "We should have said no": Vietnam's legacy, the remembrance of Somalia, and debates over humanitarian intervention in the 1990's -- "It's almost like the Vietnam wall": the legacy of Vietnam and remembrance of Flight 93 -- "The lessons of history": Vietnam's legacy during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- Afterword: "the task of telling your story continues".