Title: Echoes of combat : the Vietnam war in American memory /
Authors: Turner, Fred
Publisher: Anchor Books,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Psychological aspects; Vietnam Conflict, 1961-1975.; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic history United States.; History, 20th Century United States.; United States Civilization
Abstract: An analysis of the link between private trauma and public memory explains how our understanding of Vietnam has been transformed.
Contents: Private trauma and public memory -- The horror, the horror: the Vietnam War as individual and cultural trauma -- Bringing it all back home: the Vietnam War as mental illness -- Rebuilding the hero: fantasy, agency, and the pornography of war -- Emotional rescue: making meaning of loss -- In from the jungle: restoring community in the wake of moral trespass -- Lost fathers: repairing the betrayal of young men -- Healing as history: the Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- Scar tissue: narrative fragmentation and the memory of trauma.