Forever Vietnam: How a Divisive War Changed American Public Memory

by David Kieran

Four decades after its end, the American war in Vietnam still haunts the nation's collective memory. Its lessons, real and imagined, continue to shape government policies and military strategies, while the divisions it spawned infect domestic politics and fuel the so-called culture wars. In Forever Vietnam, David Kieran shows how the contested memory of the Vietnam War has affected the commemoration of other events, and how those acts of remembrance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625341008
• ISBN13: 9781625341006
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher