The Tainted War : Culture and Identity in Vietnam War Narratives (Contributions in Military Studies)

The Tainted War : Culture and Identity in Vietnam War Narratives (Contributions in Military Studies)

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"Using 19 accounts by enlisted men and company-grade officers, Lewis concludes that American culture failed to prepare its young men for the reality of the war in Vietnam. According to Lewis, American males had accepted ideas, based on their fathers' W.W. II experiences, that wars pit virtue against evil in clearly defined battlefield situations with individual actions modeled on John Waynes's movie heroics. But the Vietnam War was unlike any war fought by this generation's fathers. Lewis's perceptive study in the sociology of knowledge offers many original insights into the Vietnam War. College and universtiy libraries."

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“Using 19 accounts by enlisted men and company-grade officers, Lewis concludes that American culture failed to prepare its young men for the reality of the war in Vietnam. According to Lewis, American males had accepted ideas, based on their fathers' W.W. II experiences, that wars pit virtue against evil in clearly defined battlefield situations with individual actions modeled on John Waynes's movie heroics. But the Vietnam War was unlike any war fought by this generation's fathers. Lewis's perceptive study in the sociology of knowledge offers many original insights into the Vietnam War. College and universtiy libraries.”–Choice

The Tainted War : Culture and Identity in Vietnam War Narratives (Contributions in Military Studies)

The Tainted War: Culture and Identity in Vietnam War Narratives (Contributions in Military Studies),Lloyd B. Lewis,Greenwood Press,0313237239,Asia - Southeast Asia,General,History - General History,Military Sociology,Personal narratives, American,Psychological aspects,Psychology,Social aspects,U.S. History - Vietnam Conflict (1965-1973),United States,Vietnam War, 1961-1975,Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975,American history: Vietnam War,Psychology & Psychiatry / General,Sociology, Social Studies,USA,Vietnam,Warfare & Defence

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