| Series |
Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare
Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare. ^A682997
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| Contents |
Part I: Return -- Reconciliation, 1981-1994 -- Normalization, 1995-2005 -- Commemoration, 2006-2016 -- Part II: Vi et Nam -- Relics and Remnants -- Meeting the Enemy -- Remembering the American War in Vi et Nam -- Part III: Legacies -- Revisiting Vietnam -- Veteran Legacies in Vi et Nam. |
| Abstract |
"Between 1981 and 2016, thousands of American and Australian Vietnam War veterans returned to Vi et Nam. This comparative, transnational oral history offers the first historical study of these return journeys. It shows how veterans returned in search of resolution, or peace, manifesting in shifting nostalgic visions of 'Vietnam.' Different national war narratives shaped their returns: Australians followed the 'Anzac' pilgrimage tradition, whereas for Americans the return was an anti-war act. Veterans met former enemies, visited battlefields, mourned friends, found new relationships, and addressed enduring legacies of war. Many found their memories of war eased by witnessing Vi et Nam at peace. Yet this peacetime reality also challenged veterans' wartime connection to Vietnamese spaces. The place they were nostalgic for was Vietnam, a space in war memory, not Vi et Nam, the country. Veterans drew from wartime narratives to negotiate this displacement, performing nostalgic practices to reclaim their sense of belonging"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Hobbs, Mia Martin, 1991- Return to Vietnam Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781108972987 |
| LCCN | 2021024698 |
| ISBN | 9781108832663 |
| ISBN | 1108832660 hardback |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
