Forever Vietnam : how a divisive war changed American public memory / / David Kieran
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| Autore: |
Kieran David <1978->
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| Titolo: |
Forever Vietnam : how a divisive war changed American public memory / / David Kieran
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| Pubblicazione: | Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (324 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 959.704/31 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| 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". |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Forever Vietnam |
| ISBN: | 1-61376-297-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910798493603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Culture, politics, and the cold war.