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Tango01 | 07 Oct 2016 11:42 a.m. PST |
…Vietnam War . "The Vietnam War has long been represented through the ‘authenticity' of the GI experience. Those who ‘were there' and related their experiences of a chaotic, brutally violent war have served as a cultural conduit for the conflict in ways which have shaped our collective memory of it. The GI, as a victim of a ruthless enemy and a wrong-headed American military machine, has come to stand as the injured party in America's fateful excursion in South-East Asia. John A. Wood's study of veteran memoirs is a serious and largely successful exercise in unpacking the myth that GI memoirs offer us untroubling access to the reality of the war…" More here link Anyone have read this book? If the answer is yes, comments please? Thanks in advance my friends. Amicalement Armand |
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