Bibliograph

Home to war, a history of the Vietnam veterans' movement, Gerald Nicosia

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Home to war, a history of the Vietnam veterans' movement, Gerald Nicosia

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 627-635) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Home to war

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

44979783

Responsibility statement

Gerald Nicosia

Sub title

a history of the Vietnam veterans' movement

Summary

Details the struggles of those who served in Vietnam to deal with the negative reaction at home, their role in the anti-war movement, and their battle for medical help and compensation for Agent Orange and post-traumatic stress

Table Of Contents

Coming up with a politics : Vietnam veterans against the war -- Shared nightmares : from operation RAW to the Winter Soldier Investigation -- A limited incursion in to the country of Congress : Dewey Canyon III -- Invisible wounds : post-traumatic stress disorder -- Trampling on the Bill of Rights : the Gainesville conspiracy -- Unfinished business : the war against the VA -- Too little too late : Operation Outreach -- An indictment of the system : the Wadsworth strike -- The specter of chemical warfare : Agent Orange -- Decade of betrayal : the vet centers in the eighties -- The price of war : settlement of the class action lawsuit and "one small step toward resolution" -- The long view of history : an epilogue

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