Echoes of Combat Trauma, Memory, and the Vietnam War |
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| Author:
| Turner, Fred |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8166-3549-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2001 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.00 |
Book Description:
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Using psychological trauma as its guiding metaphor, Echoes of Combat is the first book to explore the parallels between the healing of Vietnam veterans and Americans' collective recovery from the war. Drawing on such diverse sources as films, novels, television series, political speeches, monuments, medical texts, and inside accounts of the men's movement, Fred Turner shows how the healing narratives of individuals have allowed us to transform our recollections of our aggression in...
More DescriptionUsing psychological trauma as its guiding metaphor, Echoes of Combat is the first book to explore the parallels between the healing of Vietnam veterans and Americans' collective recovery from the war. Drawing on such diverse sources as films, novels, television series, political speeches, monuments, medical texts, and inside accounts of the men's movement, Fred Turner shows how the healing narratives of individuals have allowed us to transform our recollections of our aggression in Vietnam into tales of national sacrifice.