| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 355 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond
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Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-341) and index. |
| Summary |
The American war in Vietnam was one of the most morally contentious events of the twentieth century, and it produced an extraordinary outpouring of poetry. Yet the complex ethical terrain of the conflict is remarkably under-explored, and the prodigioius poetic voice of its American participants remains largely unheard. In A Shadow on Our Hearts, Adam Gilbert rectifies these oversights by utilizing the vast body of soldier-poetry to examine the war's core moral issues. The soldier-poets provide important insights into the ethical dimensions of their physical and psychological surroundings before, during, and after the war. They also offer profound perspectives on the relationships between American soldiers and the Vietnamese people. From firsthand experiences, they reflect on what it meant to be witnesses, victims, and perpetrators of the war's violence. And they advance an uncompromising vision of moral responsibility that indicts a range of culprits for the harms caused by the conflict. Gilbert explores the powerful and perceptive work of these soldier-poets through the lens of morality and presents a radically alternative, deeply personal, and ethically penetrating account of the American war in Vietnam. -- Back cover. |
| Contents |
Morality and History -- Rebels and Witnesses -- Publishing Hearts and Minds -- 1. Climates -- Thinking about Climates -- Making Soldiers -- Nature of War -- Fear -- Doubt -- New World -- 2. Others -- Thinking about Others -- Us and Them -- Stranger Within -- Allies and Enemies -- Distinctions -- Breakthroughs -- 3. Violence -- Thinking about Violence -- Bodies -- Killing in War -- Rejection and Resistance -- Atrocities -- Technology -- 4. Responsibility -- Thinking about Responsibility -- Usual Suspects -- Business of War -- America and Americans -- Soldiers and Veterans -- Perpetual War -- Wreckage. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Vietnam War (1961-1975) |
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Literature and the war.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American poetry. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Veterans' writings, American -- History and criticism.
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Veterans' writings, American. |
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War poetry, American -- History and criticism.
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War poetry, American. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Title |
Soldier-poetry, morality, and the American war in Vietnam |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Gilbert, Adam. Shadow on our hearts. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018] 9781625343017 (DLC) 2017038237 (OCoLC)987796565 |
| ISBN |
9781613765388 (electronic book) |
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161376538X (electronic book) |
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9781625343017 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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9781625343000 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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9781625343000 |
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1625343000 |
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