American Reckoning
Subtitle: the Vietnam War and Our National Identity
By: Christian G. Appy
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780143128342
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; American National characteristics; Influence
Description: How did the Vietnam War change the way we think of ourselves as a people and a nation? Christian G. Appy examines the war's realities and myths and its lasting impact on our national self-perception. Drawing on a vast variety of sources that range from movies, songs, and novels to official documents, media coverage, and contemporary commentary, Appy offers an original interpretation of the war and its far-reaching consequences for both our popular culture and our foreign policy.
Notes: "First published by Viking Penguin in imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2015." -- T.p. verso

Includes bibliograpical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Why are we in Vietnam?; title: Saving Vietnam; title: Aggression; title: Paper tigers; title: Vietnam, inc; title: Part II. America at war; title: Our boys; title: The American way of war; title: The war at home; title: Part III. What have we become?; title: Victim nation; title: "The pride is back"; title: No more Vietnams; title: Who we are.