"War stories" : false atrocity tales, swift boaters, and winter soldiers--what really happened in Vietnam /

War stories are mostly innocent fables and understood as such by both the teller and the hearer. However, they have long been used for political and national purposes, and those about the war in Vietnam were no exception, as painfully evidenced in the 2004 presidential campaign. John Kerry campaigne...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kulik, Gary
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, Inc., ©2009.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Veterans > United States > Anecdotes.
Veterans > United States > Biography > Anecdotes.
Veterans > United States > Social conditions > Anecdotes.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Anecdotes.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Atrocities > Anecdotes.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Political aspects > United States.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Anciens combattants > États-Unis > Anecdotes.
Anciens combattants > États-Unis > Biographies > Anecdotes.
Anciens combattants > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > Anecdotes.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Anecdotes.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Atrocités > Anecdotes.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
HISTORY > Military > Vietnam War.
Buddhism and politics
Atrocities
Veterans
Veterans > Social conditions
Vietnamkrieg
Anekdote
Geschichtsschreibung
United States
USA
Biography
Biographies
Anecdotes
Biographies.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Framing the war
  • A nurse's tale
  • Spit-upon veterans
  • The Swift Boat Veterans and the "truth"
  • The winter soldier investigation
  • "This was what the war had done to us"
  • False atrocities
  • What happened in Quang Tri.

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