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The Myth of the Addicted Army Vietnam and the Modern War on Drugs / Jeremy Kuzmarov.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kuzmarov, Jeremy, 1979-
- Series:
- Culture, politics, and the cold war.
- Culture, politics, and the cold war
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Social aspects.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Drug abuse--United States--Prevention--History--20th century.
- Drug abuse.
- Drug control--United States--History--20th century.
- Drug control.
- Soldiers--Drug use--Vietnam--History--20th century.
- Soldiers.
- Soldiers--Drug use--United States--History--20th century.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (319 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, [Mass.] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The image of the drug-addicted American soldier--disheveled, glassy-eyed, his uniform adorned with slogans of antiwar dissent--has long been associated with the Vietnam War.More specifically, it has persisted as an explanation for the U.S.defeat, the symbol of a demoralized army incapable of carrying out its military mission.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations Used in the Text; Introduction - The Politics of Scapegoating; Chapter 1 - ""The Press Has Done a Tremendous Disservice"": Historical Perspective; Chapter 2 - Creating the Myth of the ""Nam Junkie"": Mass Media and the Rise of a Drug Scare; Chapter 3 - Deconstructing the Myth: The Great National Drug Debate of the Sixties and Seventies; Chapter 4 - ""A Generation of Junkies"": The Antiwar Movement, the Democratic Party, and the Myth; Chapter 5 - The Brass Responds, Part I: Nixon's War on Drugs
- Chapter 6 - The Brass Responds, Part II: From Counter InsurgChapter 7 - ""Get Up You Doped Up Bastard!"": The Myth in Hollywood and Popular Television; Chapter 8 - The Crackdown: The Reagan Revolution and the War on Drugs; Conclusion - The Myth Endures; Abbreviations Used in the Notes and Bibliography; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-285) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-118-X
- OCLC:
- 794701598
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