America and the Vietnam War : re-examining the culture and history of a generation / edited by Andrew Wiest, Mary Kathryn Barbier, and Glenn Robins. - New York : Routledge, 2010. - ix, 324 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Vietnam in history and memory / Mary Kathryn Barbier -- Vietnam divided : regional history and the Vietnam wars, 1598-1975 / Martin Loicano -- Historians and the origins of the Vietnam War / Matthew Masur -- The "other" Vietnam War / Andrew Wiest -- The Women's Army Corps goes to Vietnam / Heather Stur -- The Black Panthers and the Vietnam War / Curtis Austin -- Patriots for peace : people-to-people diplomacy and the anti-war movement / Amy Scott -- Vietnam and the conscientious objector experience / Philip Szmedra -- The American POW experience / Glenn Robins -- Post-traumatic stress disorder and healing from the war / Raymond M. Scurfield -- The Vietnam War and literature / Maureen Ryan -- Vietnam and film / Thomas Doherty -- The soundtrack of Vietnam / Kim Herzinger -- The legacy of the Vietnam War for the US Army / James H. Willbanks -- Iraq as "the good war" as opposed to Vietnam, the bad war / Lloyd Gardner.

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Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Social aspects.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Study and teaching.

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