Title: The Scar That Binds
First published: 1998
Description: In The Scar That Binds, Keith Beattie examines the central metaphors of the Vietnam War and their manifestations in American culture and life. Blending history and cultural criticism in a lucid style, this provocative book discusses an ideology of unity that has emerged through widespread rhetorical and cultural references to the war.

A critique of this ideology reveals three dominant themes structured in a range of texts: the "wound," "the voice" of the Vietnam veteran, and "home." The analysis of each theme draws on a range of sources, including film, memoir, poetry, written and oral history, journalism, and political speeches.
Subjects: Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, Civilization, Influence, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, united states, United states, civilization, 1945-, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Places: United States
Time periods: 1945-
LC classification: DS558 .B4 1998