Backfire
Subtitle: a history of how American culture led us into Vietnam and made us fight the way we did
By: Loren Baritz.
Edition: 1st ed. --
Publisher: W. Morrow
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States; United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
Description: Discusses what led us into Vietnam, how it has changed our culture today and how it may change our culture in the future.

This is the only book to examine the myths of the American culture that led us into the Vietnam quagmire in the first place. It exposes our national myths: the conviction of our moral supremacy, our assumptions that Americans are more idealistic than other people, and our faith in a technology that supposedly makes us invincible. It also discusses how Vietnam has changed American culture today, and in the future. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.