"War stories" : false atrocity tales, swift boaters, and winter soldiers--what really happened in Vietnam / Gary Kulik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kulik, Gary, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Veterans--United States--Biography--Anecdotes.

Veterans.

Veterans--United States--Social conditions--Anecdotes.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Anecdotes.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Atrocities--Anecdotes.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, Inc., [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

War stories are mostly innocent fables and understood as such by both the teller and the hearer. However, they have long been used for political and national purposes, and those about the war in Vietnam were no exception, as painfully evidenced in the 2004 presidential campaign. John Kerry campaigned as a war hero. His opponents cast him as a liar and a traitor and their 'war story' prevailed. ""War Stories"" delves into the myths associated with the Vietnam veteran's experience and looks at them through the war stories they told and continue to tell. Kulik conducts an extremely thorough revie

Contents:

Framing the war

A nurse's tale

Spit-upon veterans

The Swift Boat Veterans and the "truth"

The winter soldier investigation

"This was what the war had done to us"

False atrocities

What happened in Quang Tri.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-59797-637-7

OCLC:

758991054