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020 _a9781558496934 (cloth : alk. paper)
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_cDLC
041 0 _aeng
100 1 _aHagopian, Patrick.
245 1 4 _aThe Vietnam War in American memory :
_bVeterans, memorials, and the politics of healing /
_cPatrick Hagopian.
260 _aAmherst :
_bUniversity of Massachusetts Press,
_c2009.
300 _axv, 553 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliogr. 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
_xPolitical activity
_zUnited States.
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.
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