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The Vietnam War in History, Literature and Film

By Mark Taylor

Book information

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Year
2022
ISBN
9781474473118
DOI
10.1515/9781474473118
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (18222232 bytes)
Pages
176\176
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 03:52:57

Description

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748615339);After a contextualising introduction which outlines the chronology of events during the Vietnam War, the book covers five key episodes during the war - including the massacre at My Lai, the siege at Khe Sanh, and the experience of homecoming for Vietnam veterans - analysing the way they have been treated by historians, by film-makers and by novelists.Films and texts discussed include The Green Berets, JFK, John Newman's JFK and Vietnam, Dispatches, the Peers Report, In the Lake of the Woods, The Deerhunter and the Rambo films.Key FeaturesInterdisciplinary approach to this popular subject, in keeping with the way American Studies is taughtIncludes a timeline of the Vietnam WarIllustrated with maps and film stillsCourses on Vietnam appear on most American Studies degrees

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