After Vietnam: Legacies of a Lost War
Author:   Charles E. Neu (Professor of History, Brown University)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
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9780801863325


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   11 August 2000
Recommended Age:   From 17
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Charles E. Neu (Professor of History, Brown University)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.30cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.198kg
ISBN:  

9780801863325


ISBN 10:   0801863325
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   11 August 2000
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Foreword Introduction Chapter 1. The Vietnam War and the Transformation of America Chapter 2. From Metaphor to Quagmire: The Domestic Legacy of the Vietnam War Chapter 3. Preparing Not to Refight the Last War: TheImpact of the Vietnam War on the U.S. Military Chapter 4. Revolutionary Heroism and Politics in Postwar Vietnam Chapter 5. Reflections on War in the Twenty-first Century Notes Contributors Index

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<p>It is possible the new war to which President Bush has committed the country will obscure the continuing importance of the legacies addressed in the five essays collected in After Vietnam. Yet it is already clear that the shape of the 'war against terrorism' and the popular response to it owe much to the way the Vietnam War is remembered and forgotten.--Marilyn B. Young Journal of Military History


<p>It is possible the new war to which President Bush has committed the country will obscure the continuing importance of the legacies addressed in the five essays collected in After Vietnam. Yet it is already clear that the shape of the 'war against terrorism' and the popular response to it owe much to the way the Vietnam War is remembered and forgotten.--Marilyn B. Young Journal of Military History


<p> It is possible the new war to which President Bush has committed the country will obscure the continuing importance of the legacies addressed in the five essays collected in After Vietnam. Yet it is already clear that the shape of the 'war against terrorism' and the popular response to it owe much to the way the Vietnam War is remembered and forgotten. -- Marilyn B. Young, Journal of Military History


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Charles E. Neu is a professor and chair in the department of history at Brown University. He is the author of The Troubled Encounter: The United States and Japan and An Uncertain Friendship: Theodore Roosevelt and Japan and the editor of The Wilson Era: Essays in Honor of Arthur S. Link. Contributors: Brian Balogh, University of Virginia; Robert K. Brigham, Vassar College; George C. Herring, University of Kentucky; and Robert S. McNamara, former president of the Ford Motor Company, secretary of defense, and president of the World Bank.

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