The Vietnam war :

The Vietnam war : its history, literature and music / edited by Kenton J. Clymer. - 1st ed. - El Paso, Tex. : Texas Western Press, c1998. - x, 195 p. ; 23 cm.

"Published proceedings of 'The Vietnam war: its history, literature and music,' a symposium held March 1996 in El Paso, Texas."--Prelim. leaf.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introductory poems / W.D. Ehrhart -- After the shooting stopped : the Vietnam war and American society / James Fallows -- History -- History and historiography of the Vietnam war / George Herring -- The arrogance of victory : unlearning the lessons of the war in Vietnam / William J. Duiker -- Contemporary Viet Nam and the legacy of the U.S. war : tradition, transformation and challenges / Ngão Thanh Nháan -- Women and the war -- Caregivers and providers : American women in the Vietnam war / Sandra C. Taylor -- The long-haired warriors : women and revolution in Vietnam / Sandra C. Taylor -- Literature -- Selected poems and prose / John Balaban -- Excerpts from Busted / W.D. Ehrhart -- Situation report : American writing about the Vietnam war / Philip Beidler -- Music -- There must be some way outta here! : the Vietnam war in American popular music / Ray Pratt -- Appendix -- Writings for the classroom / Philip Beidler, Ngão Thanh Nháan.

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Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Congresses.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Literature and the war--Congresses.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Music and the war--Congresses.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Women--Congresses.

DS557.3 / .V54 1998

959.704/3