The Gulf War and its aftermath has testified once again to the significance placed on the meanings and images of Vietnam, by the US media and culture. Almost two decades after the end of hostilities, the Vietnam war remains a dominant moral, political and military touchstone in American cultural consciousness. "Vietnam War Stories" provides an introduction to ten key narratives, including personal accounts as well as novels. The work of, amongst others, Philip Caputo, Michael Herr, Tim O'Brien and Bobbi Ann Mason is located in the context of contemporary cinema and TV and a tradition of modern war literature from Crane and Hemingway to Mailer and Jones. By tracing cultural and literary themes generated by the conflict, Tobey Herzog charts the transformations undergone by US soldiers and by the American nation in their experience of modern war. He examines the "John Wayne syndrome" of pre-war innocence through the "Heavy Heart of Darkness Trip" of the conflict itself and beyond to the "aftermath novels" of the post-war adjustment period.
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hard copy for $11.95---paperback $3.95-----what to my surprise when I ordered it for kindle without checking the price $31.95 and there are no war stories , its a book report of authors of other war story books (CRAPOLA) MONEY THROWN AWAY
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World War, John Wayne, Del Vecchio, Rumor of War, Going After Cacciato, Paul Berlin, Paul Baumer, Close Quarters, The Thin Red Line, Henry Fleming, Third Squad, Heart of Darkness, Fields of Fire, The Things They Carried, Western Front, Indian Country, All Quiet, Alpha Company, The Green Berets, The Red Badge of Courage, Chris Starkmann, Frederic Henry, Philip Caputo, Tim O'Brien, James Jones Browse Sample Pages:
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World War, John Wayne, Del Vecchio, Rumor of War, Going After Cacciato, Paul Berlin, Paul Baumer, Close Quarters, The Thin Red Line, Henry Fleming, Third Squad, Heart of Darkness, Fields of Fire, The Things They Carried, Western Front, Indian Country, All Quiet, Alpha Company, The Green Berets, The Red Badge of Courage, Chris Starkmann, Frederic Henry, Philip Caputo, Tim O'Brien, James Jones Browse Sample Pages:
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- The Wars We Took to Vietnam: Cultural Conflict and Storytelling by Milton J. Bates in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Vietnam Experience: A Concise Encyclopedia of American Literature, Songs, and Films by Kevin Hillstrom in Front Matter, page 289, and page 290
- Memories of a Lost War: American Poetic Responses to the Vietnam War (Oxford English Monographs) by Subarno Chattarji in Back Matter
- Violent Adventure: Contemporary Fiction by American Men by Marilyn C. Wesley in Back Matter
- Friendly Fire: American Images of the Vietnam War by Katherine Kinney in Back Matter
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