The Vietnam War and Postmodernity
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: April 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781558492387
Subjects: American history: Vietnam War; Postmodernism; Violence in society; c 1960 to c 1970; c 1970 to c 1980; Military - Vietnam War; History; History - Military / War; United States - 20th Century; History: American; USA; Vietnam; Asia - Southeast Asia; Sociology - Social Theory; Civilization; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; 1970-; United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975
First sentence: April 29, 1975. In the familiar photograph, a last helicopter, barely perched on its skids, waits to lift off from an apartment rooftop in downtown Saigon.