Stolen valor
Subtitle: how the Vietnam generation was robbed of its heroes and its history
By: B.G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley.
Contributors: Whitley, Glenna.
Publisher: Verity Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Dallas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 692
Subjects: Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- United States.; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Influence.; United States -- History -- 1961-1969.; United States -- History -- 1969-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 621-674) and index.
Table of contents: title: Year in Vietnam; title: Welcome home, baby killer?; title: Will the real vietnam vet stand up?; title: The ragtag brigade; title: CBS hits "the wall within"; title: Atrocities: the good war versus the bad war; title: The creation of posttraumatic stress disorder; title: Rambo: an American hero; title: Would I lie to you?; title: The VA and the PTSD "epidemic"; title: The Vietnam veterans' guide to tax-free living; title: PTSD made easy; title: "Vietnam killed him": suicide; title: An army on the streets: homelessness; title: The purple heart flea market; title: Fudging the records; title: War stories and other lies: writers go to Vietnam; title: The historian and the "gay beret"; title: The minority myth: Blacks in Vietnam; title: Baby, you looked like the Cong: women and Vietnam; title: Bogus guests at the Hanoi Hilton; title: The myth of agent orange; title: the VVA: Vietnam Victims of America; title: America's wailing wall; title: Appendix i: Medal of Honor, Vietnam; title: Appendix ii: Distinguished Service Cross, Vietnam; title: Appendix iii: Navy Cross, Vietnam; title: Appendix iv: Air Force Cross, Vietnam; title: Appendix v: U.S. military POWs, Vietnam (returned; title: alive); title: Endnotes; title: Index.