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

Since the 1980s, thousands of American and Australian veterans have returned to Việt Nam. This oral history tells their story.

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.'

Foreword

Since the 1980s, thousands of American and Australian veterans have returned to Việt Nam. This oral history tells their story.

Product details

• Authors: Mia Martin Hobbs, Mia (University of Melbourne) Martin Hobbs
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2024
• EAN: 9781108972666
• ISBN: 978-1-108-97266-6
• No. of pages: 289
• 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