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001 2008053928
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008 081211s2009 mau b s001 0 eng
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020 $a9781558496934 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aDS559.73.U6$bH34 2009
082 00 $a959.704/31$222
100 1 $aHagopian, Patrick.
245 14 $aThe Vietnam War in American memory :$bveterans, memorials, and the politics of healing /$cPatrick Hagopian.
260 $aAmherst :$bUniversity of Massachusetts Press,$cc2009.
263 $a0903
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: A "noble cause" -- "Never again" : the Vietnam syndrome in American foreign policy -- "Something rather dark and bloody" : atrocities, PTSD, and the pathologization of Vietnam veterans -- The discourse of healing and the "black gash of shame" -- "A dangerous political issue" : the war about memory in 1982 -- "Home to America's heart" : the national salute to Vietnam veterans -- "In unity and with resolve" : the statue, the flag, and political speech at the Memorial -- "No shame or stigma" : the Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program -- "A confrontation between faiths" : the Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- "Today, we are one people" : the family drama of race and gender in commemorative statuary of the Vietnam War -- "Our offspring" : children in Vietnam veterans memorials -- "The wall is for all of us" : invented traditions and patterns of public response to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- Conclusion: A "statute of limitations" : what "healing" from the war might mean.
650 0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xVeterans$zUnited States.
650 0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$zUnited States$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aVeterans$zUnited States$xPolitical activity.
650 0 $aVeterans$zUnited States$xPublic opinion.
650 0 $aMemory$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aWar memorials$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMental healing$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMental healing$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPublic opinion$zUnited States.