The Vietnam War in American memory
Subtitle: veterans, memorials, and the politics of healing
By: Patrick Hagopian.
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press; Univ. of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 553
ISBN-13: 9781558496934
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Social aspects -- United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States -- Psychological aspects; Veterans -- United States -- Political activity; Veterans -- United States -- Public opinion; Memory -- Social aspects -- United States; War memorials -- Social aspects -- United States; Mental healing -- Social aspects -- United States; Mental healing -- Political aspects -- United States; Public opinion -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: A "noble cause"; title: "Never again" : the Vietnam syndrome in American foreign policy; title: "Something rather dark and bloody" : atrocities, PTSD, and the pathologization of Vietnam veterans; title: The discourse of healing and the "black gash of shame"; title: "A dangerous political issue" : the war about memory in 1982; title: "Home to America's heart" : the national salute to Vietnam veterans; title: "In unity and with resolve" : the statue, the flag, and political speech at the Memorial; title: "No shame or stigma" : the Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program; title: "A confrontation between faiths" : the Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial; title: "Today, we are one people" : the family drama of race and gender in commemorative statuary of the Vietnam War; title: "Our offspring" : children in Vietnam veterans memorials; title: "The wall is for all of us" : invented traditions and patterns of public response to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial; title: Conclusion: A "statute of limitations" : what "healing" from the war might mean.