Backfire - A History of How American Culture Led Us Into Vietnam Made Us Fight

Informationen zum Autor Loren Baritz has served as chairman of the Department of History at the University of Rochester, provost and acting chancellor at the State University of New York, and provost at the University of Massachusetts. He is the author of The Servants of Power, City on a Hill, and The Culture of the Twenties. Klappentext In a probing look at the myths of American culture that led us into the Vietnam quagmire, Loren Baritz exposes our national illusions: the conviction of our moral supremacy, our assumption that Americans are more idealistic than other people, and our faith in a technology that supposedly makes us invincible. He also reveals how Vietnam changed American culture today, from the successes and failures of the Washington bureaucracy to the destruction of the traditional military code of honor. Zusammenfassung He reveals how Vietnam changed American culture today, from the successes and failures of the Washington bureaucracy to the destruction of the traditional military code of honor.

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• Authors: Loren Baritz, Loren (Agent (Please Use This Contact) Baritz, Baritz Loren, Bartiz
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.08.1998
• EAN: 9780801859533
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-5953-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Vietnam, Cultural Studies, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, Second World War, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Asian History, History of the Americas, Modern warfare, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General