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

• Autore: Kieran David <1978->
• 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
• ISBN: 1-61376-297-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465280003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Culture, politics, and the cold war.