The Myth of the Addicted Army: Vietnam and the Modern War on Drugs

by Jeremy Kuzmarov

Book Overview

The image of the drug-addicted American soldier--disheveled, glassy-eyed, his uniform adorned with slogans of antiwar dissent--has long been associated with the Vietnam War. More specifically, it has persisted as an explanation for the U.S. defeat, the symbol of a demoralized army incapable of carrying out its military mission.

Yet as Jeremy Kuzmarov documents in this deeply researched book, popular assumptions about drug use in Vietnam are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558497056
• ISBN13: 9781558497054
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher