Forever Vietnam, how a divisive war changed American public memory, David Kieran
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Forever Vietnam, how a divisive war changed American public memory, David Kieran
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
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Forever Vietnam
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bibliography
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David Kieran
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Culture, politics, and the Cold War
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how a divisive war changed American public memory
Table Of Contents
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, remembrance of Somalia, and debates over humanitarian intervention in the 1990s -- "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"
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