In 1972, while worshiping in a temple near an American air base, Colonel Chuc sank into a trance and received a battle plan and a magical sword from the spirit of the Vietnamese general who defeated Kublai Khan's Mongols seven hundred years earlier.
An edition of Backfire
(1985)
Backfire
a history of how American culture led us into Vietnam and made us fight the way we did
1st ed. --
by Loren Baritz
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Discusses what led us into Vietnam, how it has changed our culture today and how it may change our culture in the future.
This is the only book to examine the myths of the American culture that led us into the Vietnam quagmire in the first place. It exposes our national myths: the conviction of our moral supremacy, our assumptions that Americans are more idealistic than other people, and our faith in a technology that supposedly makes us invincible. It also discusses how Vietnam has changed American culture today, and in the future. -- Publisher description.
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Civilization, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Vietnamkrieg, Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 - États-Unis, Ethnopsychologie, Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975, Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Civilisation, Vietnam War (1961-1975) fast (OCoLC)fst01431664, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, united states, United states, civilization, 1945-Places
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