Hagopian, Patrick. <br/><br/>
The Vietnam War in American memory :  Veterans, memorials, and the politics of healing / 
Patrick Hagopian. 
 - Amherst :  University of Massachusetts Press,  2009. 
 - xv, 553 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliogr. references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781558496934 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--United States.<br/>Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Psychological aspects.--United States<br/>Veterans--Political activity--United States.<br/>Veterans--Public opinion.--United States<br/>Memory--Social aspects--United States.<br/>War memorials--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Mental healing--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Mental healing--Political aspects--United States.<br/>Public opinion--United States.