02666nam 2200565 450 991081581730332120230126214427.01-61376-297-6(CKB)3710000000719103(MiAaPQ)EBC4533189(OCoLC)933516756(MdBmJHUP)muse33335(Au-PeEL)EBL4533189(CaPaEBR)ebr11214657(EXLCZ)99371000000071910320160612h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierForever Vietnam how a divisive war changed American public memory /David KieranAmherst, [Massachusetts] ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :University of Massachusetts Press,2014.©20141 online resource (324 pages) illustrationsCulture, Politics, and the Cold WarIncludes index.1-62534-099-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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".Culture, politics, and the cold war.Vietnam War, 1961-1975Social aspectsUnited StatesVietnam War, 1961-1975United StatesPsychological aspectsVietnam War, 1961-1975InfluenceMemorySocial aspectsUnited StatesCollective memoryUnited StatesVietnam War, 1961-1975Social aspectsVietnam War, 1961-1975Psychological aspects.Vietnam War, 1961-1975Influence.MemorySocial aspectsCollective memory959.704/31Kieran David1978-1600711MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815817303321Forever Vietnam3923928UNINA