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The Vietnam War in American memory : veterans, memorials, and the politics of healing / Patrick Hagopian.
Van Pelt Library DS559.73.U6 H34 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hagopian, Patrick.
- Series:
- Culture, politics, and the Cold War
- Culture, politics, and the cold war
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--United States.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Social aspects--United States.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States--Psychological aspects.
- Veterans--Political activity--United States.
- Veterans.
- Veterans--Political activity.
- Mental healing.
- Mental healing--Social aspects.
- War memorials.
- Social aspects.
- Public opinion.
- United States.
- Veterans--United States--Public opinion.
- Memory--Social aspects--United States.
- Memory.
- Memory--Social aspects.
- War memorials--Social aspects--United States.
- Mental healing--Social aspects--United States.
- Mental healing--Political aspects--United States.
- Public opinion--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 553 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Introduction: A "noble cause"
- "Never again" : the Vietnam syndrome in American foreign policy
- "Something rather dark and bloody" : atrocities, post-traumatic stress disorder, and the pathologization of Vietnam veterans
- The discourse of healing and the "black gash of shame" : the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- 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" : patterns of public response to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Conclusion: A "statute of limitations" : what "healing" from the war might mean.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781558496934
- 1558496939
- OCLC:
- 229308857
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