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

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Kieran, David, 1978-
Published
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2014]
Physical Description
xii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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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, the 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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9781625341006 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1625341008 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781625340993 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1625340990 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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