The war I survived was Vietnam : collected writings of a veteran and antiwar activist / Michael Uhl ; foreword by Steve Rees.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Uhl, Michael, 1944- author.

Contributor:

Rees, Steve, writer of foreword.

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

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:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Foreword by Steve Rees ; Preface ; Featured Articles; Searching for Vietnam's M.I.A.s; Vietnam's Shadow over Abu Ghraib ; The Wall: Entering the Aura of the Dead ; The Spat- Upon Vet Revisited ; Annals of the New Left: Dissing Golub ; Poetry; Introduction; Black Silks, Black Mud

Apocalypse Now? The Strange Jeremiads of Christopher HedgesDéjà Vu All Over Again: Notes on a Jonathan Schell Review ; An Enfant Terrible Stumbles Upon the Vietnam War ; Veteran War Crimes Testimony, 1969-1971: An Annotated Clipping File; Meeting the Enemy: A Marine Goes Home ; Combat and Reconciliation: A Vietnam Vet Returns to Heal Old Wounds; Armed with the Facts

A Skillful Chronicle of Kerry's Conflicts War and Remembrance ; Warrior's Honor and the Ordeal of Survival ; That's Vietnam, Jake ; The Jaws of Victory: A Historian Argues We Could Have Won-and Nearly Did Win-the Vietnam War ; War and Madness ; Obsessed by Vietnam

How We Bombed in Laos On the Lam from Vietnam ; Travels with Charlie ; The God That Resigned ; Letters Home ; Gung Ho ; The Chosen: An Essay; Some Notes on Being a Veteran in America; PTSD; The Politics of PTSD; PTSD from the Inside Out ; Surviving PTSD ; In My Activist Voice; Heeding the Call; With Paul and Do' at My Lai

VFP Agent Orange Delegation in Vietnam

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-2580-8