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1 online resource (xviii, 314 pages) |
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text file |
| Summary |
In this ms., Meredith Lair seeks to recalibrate the way Americans think about their wars by addressing non-combat experiences of American soldiers in Vietnam. Though only one in four Vietnam veterans served in combat--and likely even fewer--both popular representations and scholarly treatments of the war focus on combat and its after-effects, erasing comfort, recreation, and fun from the picture. In this ms, Lair instead paints a provocative picture of the Vietnam War in which beauty and ice cream take precedence over the bullets, as they often did for Americans who served there. Lair uncovers. |
| Contents |
A war refined : reframing the narrative of the Vietnam War -- Same side, different wars: grunts and REMFs in Vietnam -- This place just isn't John Wayne: U.S. military bases in Vietnam -- Total war on boredom: the U.S. military's recreation program in Vietnam -- The things they bought: G.I. consumerism in Vietnam -- War zone wonderland: the strange world of "the Nam" -- From Vietnam to Iraq: reimagining the American way of war. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Army -- History -- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
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United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 20th century.
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United States. Army. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Vietnam War (1961-1975) |
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Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects. |
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United States. |
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Consumption (Economics) |
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Lifestyles -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Lifestyles. |
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Soldiers -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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Soldiers. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Social aspects.
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Social aspects. |
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United States -- Moral conditions -- History -- 20th century.
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Moral conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lair, Meredith H. Armed with abundance. 1st ed. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011 9780807834817 (DLC) 2011022140 (OCoLC)711043265 |
| ISBN |
9780807869185 |
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080786918X |
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9781469602523 (electronic book) |
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1469602520 (electronic book) |
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9780807834817 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0807834815 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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