Soldier Talk
Subtitle: The Vietnam War in Oral Narrative
Contributors: Paul Budra (Editor); Michael Zeitlin (Editor)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: July 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780253216977
Subjects: American history: Vietnam War; Asian history: Vietnam War; Biography: general; Literary Collections; History - Military / War; Literature: Classics; The Americas; Historiography; Military - Vietnam War; American - General; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975
First sentence: In Gustav Hasford's novel The Short-Timers, a squad of American Marines is killing time out in the boonies, the enemy jungle of Vietnam.
Description: Soldier Talk is a collection of essays about the Vietnam combat veteran and his representation of his experience. The Vietnam War created a vast archive of recorded accounts of the war, permitting an unprecedented opportunity to confront its brutal secrets. This book is about how to read and how to hear the historical, psychological, and narrative truths of soldiers’ talk.