The myth of the addicted army : Vietnam and the modern war on drugs /

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This work is an analysis of the links between the Vietnam War and the evolution of American drug policy. The image of the drug addicted American soldier, disheveled, glassy eyed, his uniform adorned with slogans of antiwar dissent, has long been associated with the Vietnam War. More specifically, it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kuzmarov, Jeremy, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst [Mass.] : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2009.
Colección:Culture, politics, and the Cold War.
Temas:
1900-1999
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Social aspects.
Drug abuse > United States > Prevention > History > 20th century.
Drug control > United States > History > 20th century.
Soldiers > Drug use > Vietnam > History > 20th century.
Soldiers > Drug use > United States > History > 20th century.
Substance-Related Disorders > history
Military Personnel > history
Drug and Narcotic Control > history
Vietnam Conflict
History, 20th Century
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Aspect social.
Toxicomanie > États-Unis > Prévention > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Lutte antidrogue > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Drug abuse > Prevention
Drug control
Social aspects
Soldiers > Drug use
Drogenbekämpfung > Vietnam > Geschichte 20. Jh.
Soldat.
Drogenkonsum.
Vietnamkrieg.
United States
Vietnam
USA.
"Multi-User"
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the politics of scapegoating
  • "The press has done a tremendous disservice" : historical perspective
  • Creating the myth of the "Nam junkie" : mass media and the rise of a drug scare
  • Deconstructing the myth : the great national drug debate of the sixties and seventies
  • "A generation of junkies" : the antiwar movement, the Democratic Party, and the myth
  • The brass responds, part I : Nixon's war on drugs
  • The brass responds, part II : from counterinsurgency to narco-insurgency in Southeast Asia
  • "Get up you doped up bastard!" : the myth in Hollywood and popular television
  • The crackdown : the Reagan revolution and the war on drugs
  • The myth endures.

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