The Gulf War and its aftermath has testified once again to the
significance placed on the meanings and images of Vietnam, by the
US media and culture. Almost two decades after the end of
hostilities, the Vietnam war remains a dominant moral, political
and military touchstone in American cultural consciousness.
"Vietnam War Stories" provides an introduction to ten key
narratives, including personal accounts as well as novels. The work
of, amongst others, Philip Caputo, Michael Herr, Tim O'Brien and
Bobbi Ann Mason is located in the context of contemporary cinema
and TV and a tradition of modern war literature from Crane and
Hemingway to Mailer and Jones. By tracing cultural and literary
themes generated by the conflict, Tobey Herzog charts the
transformations undergone by US soldiers and by the American nation
in their experience of modern war. He examines the "John Wayne
syndrome" of pre-war innocence through the "Heavy Heart of Darkness
trip" of the conflict itself and beyond to the "aftermath novels"
of the post-war adjustment period.
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