An edition of The spitting image (1998)

The spitting image

myth, memory, and the legacy of Vietnam

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An edition of The spitting image (1998)

The spitting image

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New York University Press
Language
English
Pages
217

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Subjects

Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Public opinion, Veterans, Public Opinion, HISTORY, Military, Vietnam War, Vietnamkrieg, Friedensbewegung, Vietnam-oorlog, Veteranen, Protestbewegingen, Mythevorming, Collectief geheugen, Veteran, Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer

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Cover of: The spitting image
The spitting image: myth, memory, and the legacy of Vietnam
1998, New York University Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction: the spitting image
Yellow ribbons and spat-upon veterans: making soldiers the means and ends of war
Dear Spiro Agnew: about soldiers, veterans and the anti-war movement
The Nixon-Agnew counter-offensive: "good veterans" vs. "bad veterans"
Spat-upon veterans: the evidence (or lack thereof)
From Odysseus to Rambo: coming home stories
From badness to madness: the mental labeling of Vietnam veterans
Women, wetness, and warrior dreams
Myth, spit, and the flicks: coming home to Hollyw.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-210) and index.

Electronic access restricted to subscribers.

Text (HTML/netLibrary eBook) and search engine.

Electronic data. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2000.

System requirements for online version: netLibrary eBook Reader (for off-line reading) ; Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 or higher ; Pentium 100, 32 MB RAM, 20MB free disk space ; not available for WebTV, Macintosh, Unix or Linux.

Mode of access: Intranet.

Available for non-commercial, internal use by students, staff, and faculty for academic and research purposes only.

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Dewey Decimal Class
959.704/3373
Library of Congress
DS559.73.U6 L46 1998eb

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[electronic resource] :
Pagination
xi, 217 p. ;
Number of pages
217

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OL25558924M
Internet Archive
spittingimagemyt00lemb_728
ISBN 10
0585321205
LCCN
98009048
OCLC/WorldCat
45844123

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