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



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Autore: Kieran David <1978-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Forever Vietnam : how a divisive war changed American public memory / / David Kieran Visualizza cluster
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
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-61376-297-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910465280003321
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Serie: Culture, politics, and the cold war.