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The Afterlife of America's War in Vietnam: Changing Visions in Politics and on Screen

by Gordon Arnold

ISBN13: 9780786427611
ISBN10: 0786427612
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Reviewing the record of American politics, film, and television, this volume provides an overview of the war's appearance in American popular culture. It examines the ways in which this conflict has consistently resurfaced in social and political life, especially in the arena of contemporary world events such as the Soviet incursion into Afghanistan, the Gulf War and the 2004 presidential campaign. To this end, the work explores the contexts and uses of the Vietnam War as a recurring subject. The circumstances and symbolism used in the rhetoric of the political elite and the news media, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time, and Newsweek, are discussed. Emphasis is also placed on the role of film and television as the book examines movies such as The Deer Hunter and Apocalypse Now and TV series such as M*A*S*H. In weaving together the political and screen appearances of the Vietnam War, the book reexamines the influence of a major episode in American history.

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Arnold (liberal arts, Montserrat College of Art) chronologically traces the evolution of political and cultural representations of the American war in Vietnam from the fall of Saigon to communist forces in 1975 to the American presidential elections of 2004. He employs a sociological and media-studies framework to interrogate the different social and political uses to which images and rhetoric of the war have been put, while steering clear of making judgments over the correctness of this or that reputation. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Reviewing a combination of political, social and artistic media, this volume provides a brief overview of the war's appearance in America's political and media culture since 1975. It examines the ways in which this conflict has consistently resurfaced in social and political life.

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: jk123, June 7, 2006 (view all comments by jk123)
This book looks at the war?s huge influence in movies, television and politics. It covers a lot of movies (The Deer Hunter, Missing in Action, Apocalypse Now, Platoon, Rambo, Forrest Gump, We Were Soldiers, etc.) and TV series (like Magnum P.I., China Beach, and M*A*S*H and even The A-Team).

Other parts look at the Vietnam War's role in politics. It has sections on Iran-Contra, the Gulf War, the War in Iraq, and presidential politics right up to Bush vs. Kerry in '04. Some of the other topics are the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (the Wall), the POW-MIA issue, Vietnam Syndrome, etc.

It has has photographs (from movies and politics), an index, bibliography end notes.
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9780786427611
Author:: Arnold, Gordon
Publisher:: McFarland & Company
Subject:: General
Subject:: History
Subject:: Mass media
Subject:: Military - Vietnam War
Subject:: Asia - Southeast Asia
Subject:: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States
Subject:: United States Politics and government.
Subject:: World History-Southeast Asia
Publication Date:: 20060731
Binding:: TRADE PAPER
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Y
Pages:: 230
Dimensions:: 9.02x6.04x.43 in. .54 lbs.

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