The Scar That Binds American Culture and the Vietnam War

• मुख्य लेखक: Beattie, Keith (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: NYU Press 1998
• विषय: Military history: post WW2 conflicts; History
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

At the height of the Vietnam War, American society was so severely fragmented that it seemed that Americans may never again share common concerns. The media and other commentators represented the impact of the war through a variety of rhetorical devices, most notably the emotionally charged metaphor...