An edition of The Vietnam War in American memory (2009)

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veterans, memorials, and the politics of healing

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An edition of The Vietnam War in American memory (2009)

The Vietnam War in American memory

veterans, memorials, and the politics of healing

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553

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The Vietnam War in American memory: veterans, memorials, and the politics of healing
2009, University of Massachusetts Press, Univ. of Massachusetts Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction: A "noble cause"
"Never again" : the Vietnam syndrome in American foreign policy
"Something rather dark and bloody" : atrocities, PTSD, and the pathologization of Vietnam veterans
The discourse of healing and the "black gash of shame"
"A dangerous political issue" : the war about memory in 1982
"Home to America's heart" : the national salute to Vietnam veterans
"In unity and with resolve" : the statue, the flag, and political speech at the Memorial
"No shame or stigma" : the Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program
"A confrontation between faiths" : the Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial
"Today, we are one people" : the family drama of race and gender in commemorative statuary of the Vietnam War
"Our offspring" : children in Vietnam veterans memorials
"The wall is for all of us" : invented traditions and patterns of public response to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Conclusion: A "statute of limitations" : what "healing" from the war might mean.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Amherst

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Dewey Decimal Class
959.704/31
Library of Congress
DS559.73.U6 H34 2009, DS559.73.U6H34 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
553

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Open Library
OL22796971M
Internet Archive
vietnamwarinamer0000hago
ISBN 13
9781558496934
LCCN
2008053928
OCLC/WorldCat
229308857
Library Thing
8600824

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