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Armed with abundance : consumerism & soldiering in the Vietnam War / Meredith H. Lair.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lair, Meredith H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- United States.
- United States. Army--Military life--History--20th century.
- United States. Army.
- Soldiers--United States--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Soldiers.
- Lifestyles--United States--History--20th century.
- Lifestyles.
- Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Consumption (Economics).
- Moral conditions.
- History.
- Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.
- Manners and customs.
- United States--Moral conditions--History--20th century.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Social aspects.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 295 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Consumerism and soldiering in the Vietnam War
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- A war refined: reframing the narrative of the Vietnam War
- Same side, different wars: grunts and REMFs in Vietnam
- This place just isn't John Wayne: U.S. military bases in Vietnam
- Total war on boredom: the U.S. military's recreation program in Vietnam
- The things they bought: G.I. consumerism in Vietnam
- War zone wonderland: the strange world of "the Nam"
- From Vietnam to Iraq: reimagining the American way of war.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807834817
- 0807834815
- OCLC:
- 711043265
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