Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 160 Seiten) :
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Illustrationen, Karten.
ISBN:
978-1-4744-7311-8
Series Statement:
BAAS paperbacks
Content:
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748615339);After a contextualising introduction which outlines the chronology of events during the Vietnam War, the book covers five key episodes during the war - including the massacre at My Lai, the siege at Khe Sanh, and the experience of homecoming for Vietnam veterans - analysing the way they have been treated by historians, by film-makers and by novelists.Films and texts discussed include The Green Berets, JFK, John Newman's JFK and Vietnam, Dispatches, the Peers Report, In the Lake of the Woods, The Deerhunter and the Rambo films.Key FeaturesInterdisciplinary approach to this popular subject, in keeping with the way American Studies is taughtIncludes a timeline of the Vietnam WarIllustrated with maps and film stillsCourses on Vietnam appear on most American Studies degrees
Additional Edition:
Elektronische Reproduktion von Taylor, Mark The Vietnam War in history, literature and film Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2003 ISBN 0-7486-1533-4
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
Keywords:
Film
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Vietnamkrieg
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Literatur
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Vietnamkrieg
DOI:
10.1515/9781474473118
URL:
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