Friendly Fire American Images of the Vietnam War

Name: Friendly Fire American Images of the Vietnam War
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ISBN: 9780195141962

ISBN-10: 0195141962

ISBN-13: 9780195141962

Edition: 10th 2000

Authors: Katherine Kinney

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Friendly Fire, in this instance, refers not merely to a tragic error of war, witnessed at least as much in Vietnam as in American wars before and since - it also refers, metaphorically, to America's war with itself during the Vietnam years. Starting from this point, Kinney's book considers the concept of 'friendly fire' from multiple vantage points, and portrays the Vietnam age as a crucible where America's cohesive image of itself shattered - pitting soldiers against superiors, doves against hawks, feminism against patriarchy, racial fear against racial tolerance. Through the use of extensive evidence from the film and popular fiction of Vietnam (e.g Kovic's Born on the Fourth of July,…

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List price: $83.00
Edition: 10th
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/2/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.79" wide x 8.90" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Persistence of John Wayne



American Exceptionalism and Empire



Black Historical Authority and the Vietnam War



The Vernacular of Postmodernism



Women and the Memory of War


Conclusion


Notes


Index