The tainted war : culture and identity in Vietnam War narratives / Lloyd B. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Lloyd B.

Series:

Contributions in military history 0084-9251 ; no. 44.

Contributions in military history. 0084-9251 ; no. 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Social aspects--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Psychological aspects.

Psychological aspects.

Genre:

Personal narratives -- American.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

xvi, 193 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, [1985]

Summary:

Lewis thoroughly analyzes the processes through which social reality is constructed and subjectively appropriated by individuals. Step-by-step he shows precisely how a war in Southeast Asia became a young man's reality, how Americans found themseles compelled to scrap the cultural knowledge they had been taught, how an individual went from civilian to combat soldier and back again and was flung into a cultural twilight zone. To reconstruct their world view, Lewis dips into the minds, hearts, and souls of the young men who witnessed the Vietnam War firsthand. As they tell their own stories he focuses on the socio-psychological consequences.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [177]-186.

ISBN:

0313237239

OCLC:

11533529