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BL
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957434
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b711804
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Beidler, Philip D.
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Late thoughts on an old war : : the legacy of Vietnam /\ Philip D. Beidler.
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| Publication Statement
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Athens :: University of Georgia Press,, ©2004.
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1 online resource (213 pages)
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| ISBN
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0820325899
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: 0820336521
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: 9780820325897
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: 9780820336527
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0820325899
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| Contents
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After Apocalypse Now -- The language of the Nam -- Solatium -- Just like in the movies -- How I flunked race in Vietnam -- Late thoughts on Platoon -- The music of the Nam -- Viet pulp -- Sorry, Mr. McNamara -- Calley's ghost -- Wanting to be John Balaban -- The years.
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| Abstract
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"Philip D. Beidler, who served as an armored cavalry platoon leader in Vietnam, sees less and less of the hard-won perspective of the common soldier in what America has made of that war. Each passing year, he says, dulls our sense of immediacy about Vietnam's costs, opening wider the temptation to make it something more necessary, neatly contained, and justifiable than it should ever become. Here Beidler draws on personal memories to reflect on the war's lingering aftereffects and the shallow, evasive ways we deal with them."--Jacket.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975-- Influence.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975-- Literature and the war.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975-- Motion pictures and the war.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975-- Music and the war.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975-- United States.
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HISTORY-- Military-- Vietnam War.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Music and war.
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War and literature.
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War and motion pictures.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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959.704/31
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DS558.B45 2004eb
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