The Vietnam War in Popular Culture
Praeger Publishers Inc
978-1-4408-4046-3 (ISBN)
How did the experience of the Vietnam War change the United States, not just in the 1950s through the 1970s, but through to today? What role do popular music and movies play in how we think of the Vietnam War? How similar are the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—and now Syria—to the Vietnam War in terms of duration, cost, success and failure rates, and veteran issues? This two-volume set addresses these questions and many more, examining how the Vietnam War has been represented in media, music, and film, and how American popular culture changed because of the war.
Accessibly written and appropriate for students and general readers, this work documents how the war that occurred on the other side of the globe in the jungles of Vietnam impacted everyday life in the United States and influenced various entertainment modes. It not only covers the impact of the counterculture revolution, popular music about Vietnam recorded while the war was being fought (and after), and films made immediately following the end of the war in the 1970s, but also draws connections to more modern events and popular culture expressions, such as films made in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Attention is paid to the impact of social movements like the environmental movement and the civil rights movement and their relationships to the Vietnam War. The set will also highlight how the experiences and events of the Vietnam War are still impacting current generations through television shows such as Mad Men.
Ron Milam is associate professor of history at Texas Tech University, where he teaches courses on military history, World War II, and the Vietnam War.
Foreword
George C. Herring
Acknowledgments
Introduction to Volume 2
Ron Milam
Part I: The Spoken Word through Film
1. My (Collective) Memory: Representations of Vietnam and Its Veterans in Reagan-era American Cinema
Robert Moses Peaslee
2. Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter: An Opinionated Comparison and Contrast of the Two Most Successful Vietnam War Films
David J. Sauvé
3. The Slow Integration of Vietnam War Films
Chris Danielson
4. Werner Herzog, Two Films, Historical Inaccuracies, and the Story of Dieter Dengler
Robert G. Weiner
5. Bombing and Evacuation: The Navy in Vietnam
Corbin Williamson
Part II: The Spoken Word through Film and Television
6. Vietnam Is Just Another Show That They Watched Years Ago
Clayton Lust
7. At Alamo Bay—Love Is Not Enough: Reflections of an ARVN Officer's Daughter about War and Peace
Uyen Hong Nguyen
8. The Passion and Honesty of Walter Sobchak: Vietnam and American Memory
Jason Rhode
9. The Vietnam War Film in the Age of Terror
Justin Hart
10. Encouraging Students to Think Outside the "Box Office"
Lindy G. Poling
Part III: The Written Word
11. Literature of the Vietnam War
James H. Willbanks
12. The Novel and Vietnam
William Thomas Allison
13. Vietnam and Science Fiction
Devin Fields
14. A Paneled Perspective: The United States and the Vietnam War Examined through Comic Books
James Sandy
Part IV: Everyday Life
15. Vietnam Veterans, Agent Orange, and Public Awareness of the Dangers of Toxic Chemicals in the United States
Erica A. Morin
16. The Vietnam War and the Rise of the Veteran Motorcyclist
Randy D. McBee
17. The Power and the Story: Cultural Vietnam Syndrome and Its Legacy in American Popular Storytelling
Frank Garro
18. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire
Walter Westphall
About the Editor and Contributors
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.11.2016 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | George C. Herring |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 1786 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4408-4046-6 / 1440840466 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4408-4046-3 / 9781440840463 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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