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The Vietnam War in History, Literature and Film / Mark Taylor.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: BAAS Paperbacks : BAASPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748615339
  • 9781474473118
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 959.704/3373 22
LOC classification:
  • DS558
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Map of South-east As -- Timeline -- Introduction: Understanding America's War in Vietnam -- 1. Telling True War -- 2. Heroes -- 3. Cinematic History: The Case of JFK -- 4. Battles -- 5. Villains -- 6. Veterans -- Conclusion: Telling Differences -- A Guide to Further Reading -- Glossary -- Index -- The British Association for American Studies (BAAS)
Summary: GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748615339);After a contextualising introduction which outlines the chronology of events during the Vietnam War, the book covers five key episodes during the war - including the massacre at My Lai, the siege at Khe Sanh, and the experience of homecoming for Vietnam veterans - analysing the way they have been treated by historians, by film-makers and by novelists.Films and texts discussed include The Green Berets, JFK, John Newman's JFK and Vietnam, Dispatches, the Peers Report, In the Lake of the Woods, The Deerhunter and the Rambo films.Key FeaturesInterdisciplinary approach to this popular subject, in keeping with the way American Studies is taughtIncludes a timeline of the Vietnam WarIllustrated with maps and film stillsCourses on Vietnam appear on most American Studies degrees"
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781474473118

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Map of South-east As -- Timeline -- Introduction: Understanding America's War in Vietnam -- 1. Telling True War -- 2. Heroes -- 3. Cinematic History: The Case of JFK -- 4. Battles -- 5. Villains -- 6. Veterans -- Conclusion: Telling Differences -- A Guide to Further Reading -- Glossary -- Index -- The British Association for American Studies (BAAS)

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748615339);After a contextualising introduction which outlines the chronology of events during the Vietnam War, the book covers five key episodes during the war - including the massacre at My Lai, the siege at Khe Sanh, and the experience of homecoming for Vietnam veterans - analysing the way they have been treated by historians, by film-makers and by novelists.Films and texts discussed include The Green Berets, JFK, John Newman's JFK and Vietnam, Dispatches, the Peers Report, In the Lake of the Woods, The Deerhunter and the Rambo films.Key FeaturesInterdisciplinary approach to this popular subject, in keeping with the way American Studies is taughtIncludes a timeline of the Vietnam WarIllustrated with maps and film stillsCourses on Vietnam appear on most American Studies degrees"

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)