Vietnam and Other American Fantasies

This work is a cultural history of the Vietnam War and its continuing impact upon contemporary American society. The author presents an investigation of how myths about the war evolved and why people depend on them to answer the confusing questions that have become the legacy of the war. Memories change and reconstruct the past, and in this text, the author argues that the American memory of Vietnam has left fact and experience behind so that what remains is myth and denial.

Info autore

H. BRUCE FRANKLIN is the John Cotton Dana Professor of English and American Studies at Rutgers University in Newark. Among his books are M.I.A. or Myth-making in America and War Stars: The Superweapon and the American Imagination.

Riassunto

This work is a cultural history of the Vietnam War and its continuing impact upon contemporary American society. The author presents an investigation of how myths about the war evolved and why people depend on them to answer the confusing questions that have become the legacy of the war.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: H Bruce Franklin, H. Franklin, H. Bruce Franklin, H.Bruce Franklin
• Editore: University Of Massachusetts Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2001
• EAN: 9781558493322
• ISBN: 978-1-55849-332-2
• Pagine: 272
• Dimensioni: 233 mm x 155 mm x 20 mm
• Peso: 428 g
• Illustrazioni: 11 illustrations
• Serie: Culture, Politics, and the Col; Culture, Politics, and the Cold War; Culture, Politics & the Cold War; Culture and Politics in the Co; Culture, Politics, and the Col
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia