Return to Vietnam : an oral history of American and Australian veterans journeys / Mia Martin Hobbs, University of Melbourne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hobbs, Mia Martin, 1991- author.

Series:

Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--Australia.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Psychological aspects.

Psychological aspects.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Social aspects--Australia.

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

Veterans--Mental health--Australia.

Veterans.

Veterans--Mental health--United States.

Veterans--Mental health.

United States.

Social aspects.

Travel.

Veterans--Travel--Vietnam.

Vietnam.

Vietnam--Description and travel.

Australia.

Physical Description:

xv, 273 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"Between 1981 and 2016, thousands of American and Australian Vietnam War veterans returned to Việt Nam. This comparative, transnational oral history offers the first historical study of these return journeys. It shows how veterans returned in search of resolution, or peace, manifesting in shifting nostalgic visions of 'Vietnam.' Different national war narratives shaped their returns: Australians followed the 'Anzac' pilgrimage tradition, whereas for Americans the return was an anti-war act. Veterans met former enemies, visited battlefields, mourned friends, found new relationships, and addressed enduring legacies of war. Many found their memories of war eased by witnessing Việt Nam at peace. Yet this peacetime reality also challenged veterans' wartime connection to Vietnamese spaces. The place they were nostalgic for was Vietnam, a space in war memory, not Việt Nam, the country. Veterans drew from wartime narratives to negotiate this displacement, performing nostalgic practices to reclaim their sense of belonging"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Reconciliation, 1981-1994

2. Normalization, 1995-2005

3. Commemoration, 2006-2016

4. Relics and Remnants

5. Meeting the Enemy

6. Remembering the American War in Viet Nam

7. Revisiting Vietnam

8. Veteran Legacies in Viet Nam.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Hobbs, Mia Martin, 1991- Return to Vietnam

ISBN:

9781108832663

1108832660

OCLC:

1255520847

Publisher Number:

99989038471