What We Can and Can't Afford : Essays on Vietnam, Patriotism and American Life.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ehrhart, W. D.

Contributor:

Ehrhart, W.d., contribution by.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diplomatic relations.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2023.

Summary:

Bill Ehrharts experiences in the Vietnam War have defined his life - first as an enlisted member of a Marine infantry battalion, then as an author, poet and teacher who has spent fifty years explicating the war and its consequences in books, lectures and interviews.

Contents:

Cover

Preface

1. Paul Fussell

2. "Turning Thirty/Sixty"

3. Thank You for Your Service

4. With All My Heart, Dan

5. What We Can and Can't Afford

6. What Daddy Did in the War

7. The Arrogance-and Emptiness-of Power

8. Remarks in Honor of the Media FBI Burglars

9. Where the Dangers Lie

10. Con Thien and Dancin' Jack

11. Me and Veterans of Foreign Wars

12. The American War in Vietnam

13. When the Chickens Came Home to Roost

14. Samuel Johnson Was Right

15. Remarks at the Horsham Air Guard Station

16. In Memory of Horace Coleman

17. A True ­Spat-Upon Soldier Story

18. God, Jesus, and the Vietnam War

19. The Tail Wagging the Dog

20. America's Modern Military

21. From Pennridge to Vietnam

22. "A Band of Brothers"

23. A Foolproof Solution to Gun Violence in the U.S.

24. Earth Songs II

25. Chiseled in Stone by God's Hand?

26. Veterans Day vs. Armistice Day

27. Bernie Sanders

28. Captain Crozier Deserves a Medal

29. Tom McGrath

30. A Letter to My Daughter

31. Racism

32. Trump and the Military

33. Why I'm Not Voting for Donald Trump

34. The Democratic Party Has One Last Chance

35. Insurrection

36. Is This Who We Are?

37. Will You Settle for Returning to Politics as Usual?

38. Welcome to the Shooting Gallery

39. "We Forced Them to Be Brutal to Us"

40. It's Time to Dump the Filibuster

41. Afghanistan

42. Afghanistan

43. Afghanistan

44. Sanitizing American History

45. Re-thinking American History

46. More Fun Facts About American History

47. It's a Big Universe Out There

48. Do You Believe in Unicorns?

49. You Want to Serve Your Country?

50. A New Birth of Freedom

51. This Is Democracy?

52. Who Needs Diversity, Equity, or Inclusion?

53. Does This Mean War?

54. Propaganda 101.

55. What Is a Bayonet?

56. Going Green, Or

57. Smedley Darlington Butler

58. In Praise of 21st Century Luddism

59. Woe Is Me!

60. A Farewell to Arms?

61. The Way Things Are

62. Let's Talk About Original Intent

63. The New Normal

64. Trumpster Nation

65. Why I Like to Watch Bike Racing

Military History of W.D. Ehrhart

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Ehrhart, W. D. What We Can and Can't Afford

ISBN:

9781476649894

OCLC:

1378389161