We Gotta Get Out of This Place : The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War

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For a Kentucky rifleman who spent his tour trudging through Vietnam's Central Highlands, it was Nancy Sinatra's ""These Boots Are Made for Walkin'."" For a ""tunnel rat"" who blew smoke into the Viet Cong's underground tunnels, it was Jimi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bradley, Doug, 1947-
Other Authors: Werner, Craig
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Popular music > Social aspects.
Popular music.
Music and war.
MUSIC > General.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
Musique populaire > Histoire et critique.
Popular music > History and criticism.
Popular music > History and criticism > 1971-1980.
Popular music > History > Social aspects > United States > 1961-1970
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States > Music and the war > 20th century.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Vietnam Veterans' National Anthem; 1. "Goodbye My Sweetheart, Hello Vietnam": The Soundscape Takes Shape; 2. "Bad Moon Rising": The Soundtracks of LBJ's War; 3. "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die": Protest, Pot, Black Power, and the (Psychedelic) Sound of Nixon's War; 4. "Chain of Fools": Radios, Guitars, Eight Tracks (and Silence in the Field); 5. "What's Going On": Music and the Long Road Home; Notes; Notes on Interviews; Sources for Solos and Duet; Index; Back Cover.

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