The Vietnam War in American Childhood

by Joel P Rhodes and Joel P. Rhodes

Book Overview

For American children raised exclusively in wartime--that is, a Cold War containing monolithic communism turned hot in the jungles of Southeast Asia--and the first to grow up with televised combat, Vietnam was predominately a mediated experience. Walter Cronkite was the voice of the conflict, and grim, nightly statistics the most recognizable feature. But as involvement grew, Vietnam affected numerous changes in child life, comparable to the childhood...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820356298
• ISBN13: 9780820356297
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"