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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Taylor, Mark,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: BAAS Paperbacks : BAAS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)

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"

Table of 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)