Veteran Narratives and the Collective Memory of the Vietnam War

Informationen zum Autor John Wood earned a PhD in history from Temple University and lives in Westport, Massachusetts. Klappentext In the decades since the Vietnam War, veteran memoirs have influenced Americans' understanding of the conflict. Yet few historians or literary scholars have scrutinized how the genre has shaped the nation's collective memory of the war and its aftermath. Zusammenfassung In the decades since the Vietnam War, veteran memoirs have influenced Americans’ understanding of the conflict. Yet few historians or literary scholars have scrutinized how the genre has shaped the nation’s collective memory of the war and its aftermath.

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• Authors: John A Wood, John A. Wood, the Late John A. Wood
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9780821422236
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2223-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: War and Society in North America; War and Society in North Ameri; War and Society in North America; War and Society in North Ameri
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration