TY  - BOOK
AU  - Taylor,Mark
TI  - The Vietnam War in History, Literature and Film
T2  - BAAS Paperbacks : BAAS
SN  - 9780748615339
AV  - DS558 
U1  - 959.704/3373 22
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Edinburgh : 
PB  - Edinburgh University Press, 
KW  - American Studies
KW  - HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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); restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - 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"
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474473118
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474473118
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474473118/original
ER  -