How I Learned That I Could Push the Button

These essays compose a compact history of the effects of the war in Viet Nam on American life. Colored by the impact of the war, they portray some of the ways in which we looked at later events. Certain themes arise again and again-the perceived threat presented by the Other, the permeability of borders that separate like from other, the tension between loyalty to one's fellows and obligation to nation or country or society, the distrust of abstraction and those who use abstraction to manipulate us. These essays, drawing on the author's direct experience of one war and his peripheral experience of another, may be considered a companion volume to his acclaimed novel, Sergeant Dickinson.

About the author

Jerome Gold is the author of thirteen books, including the fiction collection, The Moral Life of Soldiers, and Paranoia & Heartbreak, a memoir of the years he spent as a rehabilitation counselor in a prison for children. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Summary

Contains essays that compose a compact history of the effects of the war in Vietnam on American life. This book covers the tension between loyalty to one's fellows and obligation to nation or country or society, the distrust of abstraction and those who use abstraction to manipulate us.

Product details

• Authors: Jerome Gold
• Publisher: Black Heron Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9780930773670
• ISBN: 978-0-930773-67-0
• No. of pages: 157
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 224 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Südostasien, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Asiatische Geschichte, Persischer Golf, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, History - Military / War, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, HISTORY / Military / Persian Gulf War (1991)