The wars we took to Vietnam : cultural conflict and storytelling / Milton J. Bates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bates, Milton J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Literature and the war.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Motion pictures and the war.

War and motion pictures.

Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

United States.

History.

War stories, American--History and criticism.

War stories, American.

War poetry, American--History and criticism.

War poetry, American.

Physical Description:

x, 328 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [1996]

Summary:

"Previous scholarship has established that American storytellers turned Vietnam into a landscape of American myth. Bates' lucid and judicious study. . . is a valuable addition to the conversation regarding the legacy of Vietnam."--John Hellmann, author of "American Myth and the Legacy of Vietnam

"An absolutely stunning achievement. Milton Bates presents an incisively accurate analysis of the attitudes that shaped and controlled Americans' perceptions during the 1960s and '70s. He fuses literary analysis with historical scholarship to offer a comprehensive study of American thought and writing before, during, and after the war years. This is a book to be read carefully--and savored."--John Clark Pratt, author of "The Laotian Fragments

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0520204328

0520204336

OCLC:

33439000