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The war I survived was Vietnam : collected writings of a veteran and antiwar activist / Michael Uhl ; foreword by Steve Rees.
Van Pelt Library DS559.5 .U353 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Uhl, Michael, 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Uhl, Michael, 1944-.
- Uhl, Michael.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--United States.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Protest movements.
- Veterans.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- American.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 290 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- Summary:
- "The singular collection of articles, essays, poems, criticism and personal recollections by a Vietnam veteran documents the author's reflections on the war, from his combat experiences to his exploration of American veteran identity to his struggles with PTSD. His career as an advocate for the welfare of GIs and veterans exposed to dangerous radiation and herbicides is covered"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Featured Articles
- Searching for Vietnam's M.I.A.s 14
- Vietnam's Shadow over Abu Ghraib 21
- The Wall: Entering the Aura of the Dead 26
- The Spat-Upon Vet Revisited 29
- Annals of the New Left: Dissing Golub 34
- Poetry
- Introduction 39
- Black Silks, Black Mud 40
- Dignum et Justum Est 41
- Shades 42
- War Birthed Me 43
- It's Hard to Tell Sometimes... 44
- Criticism and Reviews
- Bombing for the Hell of It (Michael Uhl and Carol Brightman) 46
- Excerpt from an Interview with Robert Strange McNamara 52
- Revising the Meaning of the Vietnam War 54
- The Problematic: Penny Lewis Repairs Some Misconceptions About the Vietnam War 58
- Apocalypse Now? The Strange Jeremiads of Christopher Hedges 64
- Déjà Vu All Over Again: Notes on a Jonathan Schell Review 69
- An Enfant Terrible Stumbles Upon the Vietnam War 75
- Veteran War Crimes Testimony, 1969-1971: An Annotated Clipping File 82
- Meeting the Enemy: A Marine Goes Home 93
- Combat and Reconciliation: A Vietnam Vet Returns to Heal Old Wounds 96
- Armed with the Facts 99
- A Skillful Chronicle of Kerry's Conflicts 102
- War and Remembrance 105
- Warrior's Honor and the Ordeal of Survival 108
- That's Vietnam, Jake 112
- The Jaws of Victory: A Historian Argues We Could Have Won-and Nearly Did Win-the Vietnam War 121
- War and Madness 124
- Obsessed by Vietnam 127
- How We Bombed in Laos 130
- On the Lam from Vietnam 133
- Travels with Charlie 137
- The God That Resigned 144
- Letters Home 149
- Gung Ho 152
- The Chosen: An Essay
- Some Notes on Being a Veteran in America 156
- PTSD
- The Politics of PTSD 174
- PTSD from the Inside Out 177
- Surviving PTSD 181
- In My Activist Voice
- Heeding the Call 184
- With Paul and Do' at My Lai 187
- VFP Agent Orange Delegation in Vietnam 190
- Kerry and the Year of the Veteran 193
- Warriors for Peace 195
- Antiwar Vets Raise Their Voices 197
- Vets Bite War 203
- Occupying the Contested Zones of Meaning 207
- With Tod Ensign
- Introduction 209
- Soldier as Workers 212
- Changes in U.S. Army Mean Soldiers May Unionize 217
- A Union of Soldiers 221
- Support Still Strong for Military Union 226
- Prospects for a Military Union Setback 228
- Coalition Organizes Against Senate Bill 231
- Unorganizing GIs 233
- A Victim of the Tests 236
- Blowing the Whistle on Agent Orange 238
- Excerpt from G.I. Guinea Pigs: How the Pentagon Exposed Our Troops to Dangers More Deadly Than War 244
- Introduction 244
- Chapter 7-The Ranch Hands: "Only We can Prevent Forests..." 247
- Chapter 10-The VA Fiddles while Agent Orange Burns Vets 265.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476666143
- 1476666148
- OCLC:
- 948547579
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