Return to Vietnam - An Oral History of American and Australian Veterans'' Journeys

Between 1981 and 2016, thousands of American and Australian Vietnam War veterans returned to Viet Nam. This oral history tells their story and explores the national narratives which shaped those return journeys. It shows how veterans returned in search of resolution, or peace, manifesting in shifting nostalgic visions of 'Vietnam.'

List of contents

Acknowledgements; A Note on Spelling; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Return: 1. Reconciliation, 1981-1994; 2. Normalization, 1995-2005; 3. Commemoration, 2006-2016; Part II. Vi¿t Nam: 4. Relics and Remnants; 5. Meeting the Enemy; 6. Remembering the American War in Vi¿t Nam; Part III. Legacies: 7. Revisiting Vietnam; 8. Veteran Legacies in Vi¿t Nam; Conclusion; Appendix One: Veteran Subjects; Appendix Two: Interview Questions; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Dr Mia Martin Hobbs is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne. She has held fellowships and awards from the University of Melbourne, Australian Historical Association, Freilich Project, and Contemporary Histories Research Group Award, and has published prize-winning research on veterans and war memory.

Summary

Between 1981 and 2016, thousands of American and Australian Vietnam War veterans returned to Vi?t Nam. This oral history tells their story and explores the national narratives which shaped those return journeys. It shows how veterans returned in search of resolution, or peace, manifesting in shifting nostalgic visions of 'Vietnam.'

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'Original, thought-provoking, and multi-dimensional, Return to Vietnam offers readers a comparative perspective on American and Australian veteran travels to Vietnam since 1975. Mia Martin Hobbs grounds this book in rich, and sometime searing, oral histories. She succeeds in achieving an impressive balance between presenting veterans' personal accounts and offering her own powerful analysis of memory, national commemoration, personal trauma, and war.' Jana K. Lipman, Tulane University

Product details

• Authors: Mia Martin Hobbs, Mia Martin (University of Melbourne) Hobbs, Mia Martin Hobbs, Mia (University of Melbourne) Martin Hobbs
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781108832663
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83266-3
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Military / General, 20th Century, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, HISTORY / Oceania, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Australasian & Pacific history, History of the Americas, Modern warfare, Australasian and Pacific history