The Gulf War and its aftermath have testified once again to the significance place on the meanings and
images of Vietnam by US media and culture.
Almost two decades after the end of hostilities, the Vietnam War remains a dominant moral, political, and military touchstone in American cultural consciousness.
Vietnam War Storis provides a comprehensive critical framework for understanding the Vietnam experience, Vietnam narratives,
and modern war literature.
The narratives examined- personal accounts as well as novels- protray a soldier's and a country's journey
from pre-war innocence, through battlefield experience and consideration, to a difficult post-war adjustment.
Tobey Herzog places the narratives within the context of important cultural an literary themes, including
inherent ironies of war, the "John Wayne syndrome" of pre-war innocence and the "heavy Heart-o-Darkness trip"
of the conflict itself.
The book will interest students, specialists, and general readers interested in literature,
cultural and media studies, American miltitary history, and political science.

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Personen: Herzog, Toby C.

Leseror. Aufstellung: Englisch → Lektüre

Schlagwörter: USA Vietnam Krieg Landeskunde Englisch History

Interessenkreis: Fremdsprachig