The Vietnam war
Subtitle: its history, literature and music
By: edited by Kenton J. Clymer.
Contributors: Clymer, Kenton J.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Texas Western Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: El Paso, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Congresses.; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Literature and the conflict -- Congresses.; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Music and the conflict -- Congresses.; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Women -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: In March 1996, "A Public Symposium: The History, Literature and Music of the Vietnam War," was held in El Paso, Texas. Nationally renowned experts on the Vietnam War offered lectures, poetry readings and music related to this turbulent era in American history. Although more than twenty years have passed since America's involvement in Vietnam, the participants in this symposium put forth deeply passionate and moving analyses of the topics they addressed.

The Vietnam War: Its History, Literature and Music is a compilation of the papers presented at the symposium. They cover a broad range of themes and ideas, but the overall thematic unity in all of these works is the trauma the war caused, both in Vietnam and the United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Published proceedings of 'The Vietnam war: its history, literature and music,' a symposium held March 1996 in El Paso, Texas."--Prelim. leaf.
Table of contents: title: Introductory poems / W.D. Ehrhart; title: After the shooting stopped : the Vietnam war and American society / James Fallows; title: History; title: History and historiography of the Vietnam war / George Herring; title: The arrogance of victory : unlearning the lessons of the war in Vietnam / William J. Duiker; title: Contemporary Viet Nam and the legacy of the U.S. war : tradition, transformation and challenges / Ngô Thanh Nhàn; title: Women and the war; title: Caregivers and providers : American women in the Vietnam war / Sandra C. Taylor; title: The long-haired warriors : women and revolution in Vietnam / Sandra C. Taylor; title: Literature; title: Selected poems and prose / John Balaban; title: Excerpts from Busted / W.D. Ehrhart; title: Situation report : American writing about the Vietnam war / Philip Beidler; title: Music; title: There must be some way outta here! : the Vietnam war in American popular music / Ray Pratt; title: Appendix; title: Writings for the classroom / Philip Beidler, Ngô Thanh Nhàn.