Vietnam S Prodigal Heroes

Author : Paul Benedikt Glatz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781793616715

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Vietnam's Prodigal Heroes by Paul Benedikt Glatz Pdf

Vietnam’s Prodigal Heroes examines the critical role of desertion in the international Vietnam War debate. Paul Benedikt Glatz traces American deserters’ odyssey of exile and activism in Europe, Japan, and North America to demonstrate how their speaking out and unprecedented levels of desertion in the US military changed the traditional image of the deserter.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1054 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
ISBN : HARVARD:32044054662358

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Military Law Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : James Kitfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1998-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0788156292

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Prodigal Soldiers by James Kitfield Pdf

Traces the lives of officers through three decades. Reveals how their experiences as young men in Vietnam changed forever their ideas about how wars should be fought & what is worth dying for. In the dark aftermath of Vietnam marked by racial tension, drug abuse, & insubordination, each of the services confronted a demoralization within the ranks that threatened far more than the outcome of a single war. Social upheavals, including the end of the draft, increased reliance on the reserves, & integration of women into the ranks, also pulled the military into new & uncertain directions in the 1970s. A stirring tale of the Amer. military's renewal & redemption.

Author : Jacqueline Mosselson
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 0820469157

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Roots & Routes by Jacqueline Mosselson Pdf

Roots and Routes is a poignant study of the social integration and identity formation of female refugee youth. Grounded in the practical experiences of adolescent Bosnian refugees living in New York City, the book gives voice to these youths' experiences as they develop a sense of self in their newly adopted homes. Jacqueline Mosselson explores the tensions of affiliation that this process of identity formation generates as the refugees seek to understand ties that bind them to their past, their homeland, and their cultural and geographical roots. Of central concern is the way the identities of refugee youth are affected by new understandings of cultural capital and social expectations. Mosselson's work draws on the theoretical literature of cultural studies and critical psychology to call into question long-held beliefs about the ways refugees «adapt» to the United States. In this powerful and moving book, the female refugee informants speak back to, and reflect on, the constraints as well as the possibilities of their transition, migration, and exile from their homelands.

Author : Craig Howes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1993-09-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199879809

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Voices of the Vietnam POWs by Craig Howes Pdf

Unsure whether they would be greeted as traitors or heroes, POWs returning from Vietnam responded by holding tight to their chosen motto, "Return with Honor." "We're giving the American people what they want and badly need--heroes," said a Vietnam jungle POW. "I feel it's our responsibility, our duty to help them where possible shed the idea this war was a waste, useless, as unpopular as it may have been." In the first book to explore the entire range of memoirs, biographies, and group histories published since America's Vietnam POWs returned home, Craig Howes explores the development of a collective history. He describes how these captives drew upon their national heritage to compose a unified, common story while still in prison, and how individual POWs have responded to this Official Story. Examining what racial, cultural, and political assumptions support this shared Official Story, Howes places the POWs' experiences squarely in the center of American history, and within those larger clashes of opinion and belief which characterized the nation's response to the Vietnam War. The result is an engrossing study of what these captivity narratives can tell us about the POWs, their captors, and America's Vietnam legacy.

Author : Harry S. Dent
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015010759721

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The Prodigal South Returns to Power by Harry S. Dent Pdf

Author : Alexander Bloom
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2001-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190284244

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Long Time Gone by Alexander Bloom Pdf

With remarkable speed, the Sixties have gone from lived history to mythology. They remain alive in our culture in a manner different from any previous era. At the dawn of a new century, we are still debating the issues that emerged during that decade, still living in the conscious aftermath of its events and transformations. This collection looks back at the Sixties, attempting to understand the issues of the day on their own terms and to think about their meanings in today's world. Alexander Bloom has gathered ten original essays, each of which explores the gulf between history and myth regarding a central characteristic of the Sixties. Topics covered include civil rights, the student movement and the New Left, the Vietnam War, the antiwar movement, gay rights, the counterculture, and the women's movement. Long Time Gone dispels myths about the Sixties and constructs an accurate vision of the past and an understanding of its impact on the modern world. It is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking deeper knowledge of this incredible decade and its continuing influence on American culture.

Author : Jeremy M. Devine
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476605357

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Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second by Jeremy M. Devine Pdf

Beginning in 1948 with Paramount’s Saigon and Universal’s Rogue’s Regiment, Hollywood has produced hundreds of features and made-for-television films about Vietnam and the ensuing conflict. With the exception of The Green Berets (1968), few were designed to rally Americans to the cause as earlier war movies had done. Many were not even combat films, instead dealing with such domestic issues as protests, veteran re-entry, MIAs and POWs. Arranged chronologically, this is a critical analysis of Vietnam War films from 1948 through 1993. Recurring themes are stressed along with the ways that movie America reflected the national reality, with essays blending plot synopses and critical commentary. The movies run the gamut of genres: dramas, action, adventure, horror, comedies and even one musical.

Author : Matthew J. Lord
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000382402

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British Concepts of Heroic "Gallantry" and the Sixties Transition by Matthew J. Lord Pdf

This book examines the relationship between concepts of heroic "gallantry," as projected by the British honours system, and the sociocultural, political, military and international transitions of the supposed Sixties "cultural revolution." In so doing, it considers how a conservative, hierarchical and state-orientated concept both evolved and endured during a period of immense change in which traditional assumptions of deference to elites were increasingly challenged. Covering the period often defined as "The Long Sixties," from 1955–79, this study concentrates on four distinct transitions undergone by both state and non-state gallantry awards, including developments within the welfare state, class and gender discrimination, counterinsurgency and decolonisation. It ultimately sheds fresh light upon the importance of postwar decades to the continued evolution of concepts of gallantry and heroism in British culture using a range of underexplored government and media archives. It will be of interest to scholars, students and general researchers of heroism in modern Britain, the Sixties revolution, postwar military history and both the social and political evolution of British honours, decorations and medals.

Author : Tai Sung An
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429752018

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America After Vietnam by Tai Sung An Pdf

First published in 1997, this volume explores the twenty years it has taken the United States to decide where Vietnam belongs on its mental landscape, as indicated by the establishment of official diplomatic relations between the two countries on August 5, 1995. Having won the Cold War, but lost a skirmish in Vietnam, America’s defeat can now be set in context against subsequent campaigns in Afghanistan, Angola, El Salvador, Eritrea, Nicaragua, Somalia, Sudan and elsewhere which suggest that the best any outsider can expect by intervening in Third World domestic conflicts is a hugely expensive, bloody stalemate. Tai Sung-An identifies that, despite America’s painful, deep and very expensive involvement in Vietnam for a lengthy two decades, Americans fought, failed and left while remaining ignorant of the most elementary knowledge of Vietnam, symptomatic of a cultural gap, isolationism and even intellectual complacency.

Author : Elaine M. Bapis
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786451234

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Camera and Action by Elaine M. Bapis Pdf

This study examines the changes in the American film industry, audiences, and feature films between 1965 and 1975. With transformations in production codes, adjustments in national narratives, a rise in independent filmmaking, and a new generation of directors and producers addressing controversial issues on the mainstream screen, film was a major influence on the social changes that defined these years. After a contextual history of film during this era, several key films are discussed, including The Graduate, Alice's Restaurant, Easy Rider, Midnight Cowboy, M*A*S*H, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Little Big Man, and The Godfather series. The author describes how these films represented a generation, constructed and deconstructed American culture, and made important contributions during ten years of great change in America. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : John R. Milam
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807833308

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Not a Gentleman's War by John R. Milam Pdf

A combat veteran of the Vietnam War draws on oral histories, after-action reports, diaries, letters, and other archival sources to debunk the view that the junior officers who served in Vietnam were poorly trained, unmotivated soldiers typified by Lt. William Calley of My Lai infamy.

Author : Kendrick Oliver
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0719068916

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The My Lai Massacre in American History and Memory by Kendrick Oliver Pdf

This book examines the response of American society to the My Lai massacre and its ambiguous place in American national memory. The author argues that the massacre revelations left many Americans untroubled. It was only when the soldiers most immediately responsible came to be tried that opposition to the conflict grew, for these prosecutions were regarded by supporters of the war as evidence that the national leaders no longer had the will to do what was necessary to win.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Theater
ISBN : UOM:39015021464410

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The New York Times Theater Reviews by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Performing arts
ISBN : UCSC:32106011438758

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The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1920- by Anonim Pdf