America and the Vietnam War : Re-examining the Culture and History of a Generation

ISBN-13: 9780415995290 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 336 str.

Andrew Wiest; Andrew Wiest; Mary Kathryn Barbier

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This title reconsiders the social and cultural aspects of the Vietnam War that helped to fundamentally change America. With chapters written by subject area specialists, the book takes on subjects such as women's role in the war, the music and the films of the time, the Vietnamese perspective, and more.

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Vietnam in History and Memory, Kathy Barbier　

1. Vietnam Divided: Regional History and the Vietnam Wars 1598-1975, Martin Loicano

2. Historians and the Origins of the Vietnam War, Matthew Masur

3. The "Other" Vietnam War, Andrew Wiest

4. The Women’s Army Corps Goes to Vietnam, Heather Stur

5. Race and the Vietnam War, Curtis Austin

6. The Antiwar Movement, Amy Scott

7. Vietnam and the Conscientious Objector Experience, Philip Szmedra

8. The American POW Experience, Glenn Robins

9. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Healing From the War, Ray Scurfield

10. The Vietnam War and Literature, Maureen Ryan

11. Vietnam and Film, Thomas Doherty

12. The Soundtrack of Vietnam, Kim Herzinger

13. The Legacy of the Vietnam War for the U.S. Army, Jim Willbanks

14. Iraq as "The Good War" as Opposed to Vietnam, The Bad War, Lloyd Gardner

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