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Covering many aspects of the Vietnam War that have not been
addressed before, this book supplies new perspectives from
academics as well as Vietnam veterans that explore how this key
conflict of the 20th century has influenced everyday life and
popular culture during the war as well as for the past 50 years.
How did the experience of the Vietnam War change the United States,
not just in the 1950s through the 1970s, but through to today? What
role do popular music and movies play in how we think of the
Vietnam War? How similar are the recent wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan-and now Syria-to the Vietnam War in terms of duration,
cost, success and failure rates, and veteran issues? This
two-volume set addresses these questions and many more, examining
how the Vietnam War has been represented in media, music, and film,
and how American popular culture changed because of the war.
Accessibly written and appropriate for students and general
readers, this work documents how the war that occurred on the other
side of the globe in the jungles of Vietnam impacted everyday life
in the United States and influenced various entertainment modes. It
not only covers the impact of the counterculture revolution,
popular music about Vietnam recorded while the war was being fought
(and after), and films made immediately following the end of the
war in the 1970s, but also draws connections to more modern events
and popular culture expressions, such as films made in the
aftermath of September 11, 2001. Attention is paid to the impact of
social movements like the environmental movement and the civil
rights movement and their relationships to the Vietnam War. The set
will also highlight how the experiences and events of the Vietnam
War are still impacting current generations through television
shows such as Mad Men. Addresses an especially eventful time in
American history with long-lasting consequences-a period that has
parallels with more recent events involving military conflicts in
Iraq and Afghanistan Provides coverage of Norman Lear, creator of
the popular 1970s sitcom All In The Family, including information
from a recent interview Includes viewpoints from Vietnam combat
veterans regarding how film and television portrayed the war they
participated in and lived through Supplies a chapter on the Vietnam
veteran biker movement
Wars are not fought by politicians and generals--they are fought by
soldiers. Written by a combat veteran of the Vietnam War, Not a
Gentleman's War is about such soldiers--a gritty, against-the-grain
defense of the much-maligned junior officer. Conventional wisdom
holds that the junior officer in Vietnam was a no-talent, poorly
trained, unmotivated soldier typified by Lt. William Calley of My
Lai infamy. Drawing on oral histories, after-action reports,
diaries, letters, and other archival sources, Ron Milam debunks
this view, demonstrating that most of the lieutenants who served in
combat performed their duties well and effectively, serving with
great skill, dedication, and commitment to the men they led.
Milam's narrative provides a vivid, on-the-ground portrait of what
the platoon leader faced: training his men, keeping racial tensions
at bay, and preventing alcohol and drug abuse, all in a war without
fronts. Yet despite these obstacles, junior officers performed
admirably, as documented by field reports and evaluations of their
superior officers. More than 5,000 junior officers died in Vietnam;
all of them had volunteered to lead men in battle. Based on
meticulous and wide-ranging research, this book provides a
much-needed serious treatment of these men--the only such study in
print--shedding new light on the longest war in American history.
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