The Vietnam War and Postmodernity
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: July 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781558492370
Subjects: American history: Vietnam War; Postmodernism; Violence in society; c 1960 to c 1970; c 1970 to c 1980; Military - Vietnam War; U.S. History - Vietnam Conflict (1965-1973); Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; History; History - Military / War; United States; History: American; USA; Vietnam; Asia - Southeast Asia; Sociology - Social Theory; Civilization; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States - 20th Century; 1970-
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.