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Homecoming: When the Soldiers Returned from Vietnam Hardcover – January 12, 1989

by Bob Greene (Author)

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"Were you ever spat upon when you returned home to the United States?" asked syndicated columnist Greene of the Vietnam veterans among his readership. He received over 1000 letters in reply, many recounting specific details of just such a painfully remembered incident. Evidently this recollection of "hippies" (as they are often called in the letters) spitting on combat veterans has become one of the war's most unpleasant, enduring images. Conversely, other letters describe acts of generosity toward servicemen, from the typical free beers at the bar to a free show. But the over 200 letters excerpted here do more than confirm popular notions. They bring back the incidents of 20 years ago vividly, but not always with bitterness. And they reveal healing solidarity among veterans in response to what for many was not a happy homecoming. Recommended. Richard W. Grefrath, Univ. of Nevada Lib., Reno

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Chicago Tribune staffer Greene composed several of his syndicated columns around responses he received from Vietnam vets after he asked whether any of them had been spat upon. Unfortunately, the enormous impact of the columns is lost in their expansion to book form. Some servicemen were spat upon on their return, but more suffered verbal abuse or icy indifference. Many contributors point out that they did what their country asked them to do, and they were stunned by the cruelty, even savagery, of some of the anti-war protesters, many of whom proclaimed belief in love and peace. Some are still not reconciled to the treatment they received, while others welcome the change in the attitude toward them as a chance "to wipe a little spit off our hearts."
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Hardcover: 269 pages
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons; 1st edition (January 12, 1989)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399133860
ISBN-13: 978-0399133862
Product Dimensions: 20 x 20 x 20 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Average Customer Review: 17 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #404,287 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2449 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Communication & Media Studies
- #4393 in Books > History > Asia

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