03657nam 2200745 450 991078466230332120230422044724.00-19-772417-50-19-988165-01-280-65522-40-19-802758-31-4237-4571-X0-19-534962-81-60256-750-6(CKB)1000000000363099(StDuBDS)AH24083297(OCoLC)62868531(SSID)ssj0000158494(PQKBManifestationID)11162930(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158494(PQKBWorkID)10145970(PQKB)10526567(Au-PeEL)EBL279490(CaPaEBR)ebr11303307(OCoLC)476022753(MiAaPQ)EBC279490(MiAaPQ)EBC5884005(EXLCZ)99100000000036309920161201h20002000 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrFriendly fire American images of the Vietnam War /Katherine KinneyOxford, [England] ;New York, New York :Oxford University Press,2000.©20001 online resource (viii, 221 p. )ill., 1 portIncludes bibliographical references (pages 193-214) index.0-19-511603-8 0-19-514196-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Friendly Fire, in this instance, refers not merely to a tragic error of war, witnessed at least as much in Vietnam as in American wars before and since - it also refers, metaphorically, to America's war with itself during the Vietnam years. Starting from this point, Kinney's book considers the concept of 'friendly fire' from multiple vantage points, and portrays the Vietnam age as a crucible where America's cohesive image of itself shattered - pitting soldiers against superiors, doves against hawks, feminism against patriarchy, racial fear against racial tolerance. Through the use of extensive evidence from the film and popular fiction of Vietnam (e.g Kovic's Born on the Fourth of July, Didion's Democracy, O'Brien's Going After Cacciato, Rabe's Sticks and Stones and Streamers), Kinney draws a powerful picture of a nation politically, culturally, and socially divided, and a war that has been memorialized as a contested site for art, media, politics, and ideology.American literature20th centuryHistory and criticismVietnam War, 1961-1975Literature and the warNational characteristics, American, in literatureWar stories, AmericanHistory and criticismWar poetry, AmericanHistory and criticismGroup identity in literatureAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.Vietnam War, 1961-1975Literature and the war.National characteristics, American, in literature.War stories, AmericanHistory and criticism.War poetry, AmericanHistory and criticism.Group identity in literature.810.9/358Kinney Katherine1959-1502201MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784662303321Friendly fire3729820UNINA