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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808649603321

Autore

Kinney Katherine <1959->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-772417-5

0-19-988165-0

0-19-802758-3

1-4237-4571-X

0-19-534962-8

1-60256-750-6

1-280-65522-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 221 pages) : illustrations, 1 portrait

Collana

Oxford scholarship online.

Disciplina

810.9/358

Soggetti

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 - Literature and the conflict

National characteristics, American, in literature

War stories, American - History and criticism

War poetry, American - History and criticism

Group identity in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 2000.

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.