History wars
Subtitle: the Enola Gay and other battles for the American past
By: edited by Edward T. Linenthal and Tom Engelhardt.
Contributors: Linenthal, Edward Tabor, 1947-; Engelhardt, Tom, 1944-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Historiography; United States -- History, Military -- 20th century -- Historiography; Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Historiography; Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Historiography
Description: From the "taming of the West" to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the portrayal of the past has become a battleground at the heart of American politics.
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