The Vietnam War in American memory : veterans, memorials, and the politics of healing /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hagopian, Patrick
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2009]
Series:	Culture, politics, and the cold war.
Subjects:	Public opinion > United States. Mental healing > Political aspects > United States. Mental healing > Social aspects > United States. War memorials > Social aspects > United States. Memory > Social aspects > United States. Veterans > United States > Public opinion. Veterans > Political activity > United States. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States > Psychological aspects. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Social aspects > United States. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Veterans > United States. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Never again: the Vietnam syndrome in American foreign policy
Something rather dark and bloody: atrocities, post-traumatic stress disorder, and the pathologization of Vietnam veterans
The discourse of healing and the black gash of shame: the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
A dangerous political issue: the war about memory in 1982
Home to America's heart: the national salute to Vietnam veterans
In unity and with resolve: the statue, the flag, and political speech at the Memorial
No shame or stigma: the Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program
A confrontation between faiths: the Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Today, we are one people: the family drama of race and gender in commemorative statuary of the Vietnam War
Our offspring: children in Vietnam veterans memorials
The wall is for all of us: patterns of public response to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Conclusion: A statute of limitations: what healing from the war might mean.