In 2014, the US marks the 50th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin
Resolution, the basis for the Johnson administration s escalation
of American military involvement in Southeast Asia and war against
North Vietnam. "Vietnam War Slang "outlines the context behind the
slang used by members of the United States Armed Forces during the
Vietnam War.
Troops facing and inflicting death display a high degree of
linguistic creativity. Vietnam was the last American war fought by
an army with conscripts, and their involuntary participation in the
war added a dimension to the language. War has always been an
incubator for slang; it is brutal, and brutality demands a
vocabulary to describe what we don t encounter in peacetime
civilian life. Furthermore, such language serves to create an
intense bond between comrades in the armed forces, helping them to
support the heavy burdens of war.
The troops in Vietnam faced the usual demands of war, as well as
several that were unique to Vietnam a murky political basis for the
war, widespread corruption in the ruling government, untraditional
guerilla warfare, an unpredictable civilian population in Vietnam,
and a growing lack of popular support for the war back in the US.
For all these reasons, the language of those who fought in Vietnam
was a vivid reflection of life in wartime.
"
Vietnam War Slang "lays out the definitive record of the lexicon
of Americans who fought in the Vietnam War. Assuming no prior
knowledge, it presents around 2000 headwords, with each entry
divided into sections giving parts of speech, definitions, glosses,
the countries of origin, dates of earliest known citations, and
citations. It will be an essential resource for Vietnam veterans
and their families, students and readers of history, and anyone
interested in the principles underpinning the development of slang.
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