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The United States and the Legacy of the Vietnam War

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Jon Roper

    1. Swansea University, UK

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Part of the book series: Global Conflict and Security since 1945 (GCON)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Over Thirty Years

    • Jon Roper
    Pages 1-20

  3. The Long Shadow of Vietnam

    • Jonathan Schell
    Pages 21-32

  4. ‘Vietnam’ in the New American Century

    • H. Bruce Franklin
    Pages 33-50

  5. Apocalypse Now Redux and the Curse of Vietnam

    • John Hellmann
    Pages 51-71

  6. Imagining Vietnam: Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried

    • Subarno Chattarji
    Pages 72-88

  7. The Vietnam War: (Post-)Colonial Fictional Discourses and (Hi-)Stories

    • Walter W. Hölbling
    Pages 89-120

  8. King Philip’s Shadow: Vietnam, Iraq and the Indian Wars

    • Philip H. Melling
    Pages 121-142

  9. After the Wars are Over: ‘Lost Cause,’ ‘Noble Cause,’ National Unity and the Presidency

    • Jon Roper
    Pages 143-169

  10. Kenny and Me: A Story of War and Friendship

    • W. D. Ehrhart
    Pages 170-178

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 179-192
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Vietnam precipitated a crisis in national self-confidence and a breakdown in political consensus out of which new ideological perspectives emerged. This book offers fresh perspectives on a defining event in 'the American Century', examining its historical and political significance and also its continuing cultural relevance.

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  • Swansea University, UK

    Jon Roper

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SUBARMP CHATTARJI Reader and Associate Professor in the Department of English, University of Delhi, India W.D.EHRHART English and History Professor, the Haverford School, Philadelphia, USA H.BRUCE FRANKLIN John Cotton Dana Professor of English and American Studies, Rutgers University, USA JOHN HELLMANN Professor of English, Ohio State University, USA WALTER W.HÖLBLING Professor of US Literature and Culture, University of Graz, Austria PHIL MELLING Professor of American Literature and Cultural Studies, Department of American Studies, Swansea University, UK JON ROPER Professor and Head of the Department of American Studies, Swansea University, USA JONATHAN SCHELL The Nation's peace and disarmament correspondent, and the Harold Willens Peace Fellow at the Nation Institute.

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