Creating The Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Author : Robert W. Doubek
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786479092

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Creating the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Robert W. Doubek Pdf

Since its dedication in 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial has become an American cultural icon symbolizing the war in Vietnam--the defining experience of the Baby Boom generation. The black granite wall of names is one of the most familiar media images associated with the war, and after three decades the memorial remains one of the nation's most visited monuments. While the memorial has enjoyed broad acceptance by the American public, its origins were both humble and contentious. A grassroots effort launched by veterans with no funds, the project was completed in three and a half years. But an emotional debate about aesthetics and the interpretation of heroism, patriotism and history nearly doomed the project. Written from an insider's perspective, this book tells the complete story of the memorial's creation amid Washington politics, a nationwide design competition and the heated controversy over the winning design and its creator.

Author : Maya Lin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781501146565

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Boundaries by Maya Lin Pdf

Renowned artist and architect Maya Lin's visual and verbal sketchbook—a unique view into her artwork and philosophy. Walking through this parklike area, the memorial appears as a rift in the earth -- a long, polished black stone wall, emerging from and receding into the earth. Approaching the memorial, the ground slopes gently downward, and the low walls emerging on either side, growing out of the earth, extend and converge at a point below and ahead. Walking into the grassy site contained by the walls of this memorial, we can barely make out the carved names upon the memorial's walls. These names, seemingly infinite in number, convey the sense of overwhelming numbers, while unifying these individuals into a whole.... So begins the competition entry submitted in 1981 by a Yale undergraduate for the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. -- subsequently called "as moving and awesome and popular a piece of memorial architecture as exists anywhere in the world." Its creator, Maya Lin, has been nothing less than world famous ever since. From the explicitly political to the un-ashamedly literary to the completely abstract, her simple and powerful sculpture -- the Rockefeller Foundation sculpture, the Southern Poverty Law Center Civil Rights Memorial, the Yale Women's Table, Wave Field -- her architecture, including The Museum for African Art and the Norton residence, and her protean design talents have defined her as one of the most gifted creative geniuses of the age. Boundaries is her first book: an eloquent visual/verbal sketchbook produced with the same inspiration and attention to detail as any of her other artworks. Like her environmental sculptures, it is a site, but one which exists at a remove so that it may comment on the personal and artistic elements that make up those works. In it, sketches, photographs, workbook entries, and original designs are held together by a deeply personal text. Boundaries is a powerful literary and visual statement by "a leading public artist" (Holland Carter). It is itself a unique work of art.

Author : Robert W. Doubek
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476619880

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Creating the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Robert W. Doubek Pdf

Since its dedication in 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial has become an American cultural icon symbolizing the war in Vietnam—the defining experience of the Baby Boom generation. The black granite wall of names is one of the most familiar media images associated with the war, and after three decades the memorial remains one of the nation’s most visited monuments. While the memorial has enjoyed broad acceptance by the American public, its origins were both humble and contentious. A grassroots effort launched by veterans with no funds, the project was completed in three and a half years. But an emotional debate about aesthetics and the interpretation of heroism, patriotism and history nearly doomed the project. Written from an insider’s perspective, this book tells the complete story of the memorial’s creation amid Washington politics, a nationwide design competition and the heated controversy over the winning design and its creator.

Author : James Reston
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781628728583

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A Rift in the Earth by James Reston Pdf

A Distinguished and Bestselling Historian and Army Veteran Revisits the Culture War that Raged around the Selection of Maya Lin's Design for the Vietnam Memorial A Rift in the Earth tells the remarkable story of the ferocious “art war” that raged between 1979 and 1984 over what kind of memorial should be built to honor the men and women who died in the Vietnam War. The story intertwines art, politics, historical memory, patriotism, racism, and a fascinating set of characters, from those who fought in the conflict and those who resisted it to politicians at the highest level. At its center are two enduring figures: Maya Lin, a young, Asian-American architecture student at Yale whose abstract design won the international competition but triggered a fierce backlash among powerful figures; and Frederick Hart, an innovative sculptor of humble origins on the cusp of stardom. James Reston, Jr., a veteran who lost a close friend in the war and has written incisively about the conflict's bitter aftermath, explores how the debate reignited passions around Vietnam long after the war’s end and raised questions about how best to honor those who fought and sacrificed in an ill-advised war. Richly illustrated with photographs from the era and design entries from the memorial competition, A Rift in the Earth is timed to appear alongside Ken Burns's eagerly anticipated PBS documentary, The Vietnam War. “The memorial appears as a rift in the earth, a long polished black stone wall, emerging from and receding into the earth."—Maya Lin "I see the wall as a kind of ocean, a sea of sacrifice. . . . I place these figures upon the shore of that sea." —Frederick Hart

Author : Steven Trout
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700629343

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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire by Steven Trout Pdf

A great white angel spreading her wings across the Moreno Valley: this is how one visitor described the memorial standing atop a windswept prominence in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Taos, New Mexico. A de-facto national Vietnam veterans memorial, built by one family more than a decade before the Wall in Washington, DC, and without aid or recognition from the US government, the chapel at Angel Fire is a testament to one young American’s sacrifice—but also to the profound determination of his family to find meaning in their loss. In The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire, Steven Trout tells the story of Marine Lieutenant David Westphall, who was killed near Con Thien on May 22, 1968, and of the Westphall family’s subsequent struggle to create and maintain a one-of-a-kind memorial chapel dedicated to the memory of all Americans lost in the Vietnam War and to the cause of world peace. Focused primarily on a life lost amid our nation’s most controversial conflict and on the Westphalls’ desperate battle to keep their chapel open between 1971 and 1982, the book’s brisk and moving narrative traces the memorial’s evolution from a personal act of family remembrance to its emergence as an iconic pilgrimage destination for thousands of Vietnam veterans. Documenting the chapel’s shifting messages over time, which include a momentary (and controversial) recognition of the dead on both sides of the war, The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire spotlights one American soldier’s tragic story and the monument to hope and peace that it inspired.

Author : Kristin Ann Hass
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520920705

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Carried to the Wall by Kristin Ann Hass Pdf

On May 9, 1990, a bottle of Jack Daniels, a ring with letter, a Purple Heart and Bronze Star, a baseball, a photo album, an ace of spades, and a pie were some of the objects left at the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial. For Kristin Hass, this eclectic sampling represents an attempt by ordinary Americans to come to terms with a multitude of unnamed losses as well as to take part in the ongoing debate of how this war should be remembered. Hass explores the restless memory of the Vietnam War and an American public still grappling with its commemoration. In doing so it considers the ways Americans have struggled to renegotiate the meanings of national identity, patriotism, community, and the place of the soldier, in the aftermath of a war that ruptured the ways in which all of these things have been traditionally defined. Hass contextualizes her study of this phenomenon within the history of American funerary traditions (in particular non-Anglo traditions in which material offerings are common), the history of war memorials, and the changing symbolic meaning of war. Her evocative analysis of the site itself illustrates and enriches her larger theses regarding the creation of public memory and the problem of remembering war and the resulting causalities—in this case not only 58,000 soldiers, but also conceptions of masculinity, patriotism, and working-class pride and idealism.

Author : Annie C. Holdren (Annie Cody)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Washington (D.C.)
ISBN : 1645490432

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Building the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Annie C. Holdren (Annie Cody) Pdf

"From idea to national landmark, this early chapter book highlights the building sequence of the Vietnam Vet Memorial showing elementary readers how it was engineered and built"--

Author : Jeanne Walker Harvey
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781250164797

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Maya Lin by Jeanne Walker Harvey Pdf

The bold story of Maya Lin, the visionary artist-architect who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. You may be familiar with the iconic Vietnam Veterans Memorial. But do you know about the artist-architect who created this landmark? As a child, Maya Lin loved to study the spaces around her. She explored the forest in her backyard, observing woodland creatures, and used her house as a model to build tiny towns out of paper and scraps. The daughter of a clay artist and a poet, Maya grew up with art and learned to think with her hands as well as her mind. From her first experiments with light and lines to the height of her success nationwide, this is the story of an inspiring American artist: the visionary artist-architect who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. A Christy Ottaviano Book

Author : Brent K. Ashabranner
Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0399220313

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Always to Remember by Brent K. Ashabranner Pdf

Discusses the building of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the controversies that have surrounded it, and some human interest stories connected with it.

Author : Jan C. Scruggs,Joel L. Swerdlow
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 006092344X

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To Heal a Nation by Jan C. Scruggs,Joel L. Swerdlow Pdf

Author : David K. Wright
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 0516047450

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The Story of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by David K. Wright Pdf

The behind-the-scenes story of how and why the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was built in Washington, D.C.

Author : Elizabeth Partridge
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-10
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780425291788

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Boots on the Ground by Elizabeth Partridge Pdf

★ "Partridge proves once again that nonfiction can be every bit as dramatic as the best fiction."* America's war in Vietnam. In over a decade of bitter fighting, it claimed the lives of more than 58,000 American soldiers and beleaguered four US presidents. More than forty years after America left Vietnam in defeat in 1975, the war remains controversial and divisive both in the United States and abroad. The history of this era is complex; the cultural impact extraordinary. But it's the personal stories of eight people—six American soldiers, one American military nurse, and one Vietnamese refugee—that create the heartbeat of Boots on the Ground. From dense jungles and terrifying firefights to chaotic helicopter rescues and harrowing escapes, each individual experience reveals a different facet of the war and moves us forward in time. Alternating with these chapters are profiles of key American leaders and events, reminding us of all that was happening at home during the war, including peace protests, presidential scandals, and veterans' struggles to acclimate to life after Vietnam. With more than one hundred photographs, award-winning author Elizabeth Partridge's unflinching book captures the intensity, frustration, and lasting impacts of one of the most tumultuous periods of American history. *Kirkus Reviews, starred review of Marching for Freedom

Author : Wilbur J. Scott
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0806135972

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Vietnam Veterans Since the War by Wilbur J. Scott Pdf

War is hell, and the return to civilian life afterwards can be a minefield as well, especially for veterans of a “bad war.” Soldiers coming home from Vietnam faced unique challenges as veterans of a controversial war whose divisiveness permeated every step of the re-entry and readjustment process. In his balanced and highly readable account, Vietnam Veterans since the War, sociologist Wilbur J. Scott tells the story of how the veterans and their allies organized to articulate their concerns and to win concessions from a reluctant Congress, federal agencies, and courts. Scott draws on published records, hours of personal interviews with veterans, and his experience as an infantry platoon leader in Vietnam to explore the major social movements among his fellow veterans in the crucial years from 1967 to 1990, including the antiwar movement, the successful effort to win recognition of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by the American Psychiatric Association, the establishment of veterans’ outreach centers, the controversy over the defoliant Agent Orange and its long-term effects, and the struggle to create the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. His new afterword brings the story up to date and demonstrates that while the United States’ involvement in Vietnam continues to be controversial, many of the tensions engendered by the war have been overcome.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Carcinogenesis
ISBN : MINN:30000007689437

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Carcinogenesis Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael Katakis
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016403292

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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Michael Katakis Pdf

A history of the Memorial with black-and-white photos on each page.