Mia Martin Hobbs (University of Melbourne)

Return to Vietnam

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Between 1981 and 2016, thousands of American and Australian Vietnam War veterans returned to Viet Nam. This oral history tells their story and explores the national narratives which shaped those return journeys. It shows how veterans returned in search of resolution, or peace, manifesting in shifting nostalgic visions of 'Vietnam.'

Produktdetails

• Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 566g
• ISBN-13: 9781108832663
• ISBN-10: 1108832660
• Artikelnr.: 62213049

Autorenporträt

Dr Mia Martin Hobbs is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne. She has held fellowships and awards from the University of Melbourne, Australian Historical Association, Freilich Project, and Contemporary Histories Research Group Award, and has published prize-winning research on veterans and war memory.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements; A Note on Spelling; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Return: 1. Reconciliation, 1981-1994; 2. Normalization, 1995-2005; 3. Commemoration, 2006-2016; Part II. Vi
t Nam: 4. Relics and Remnants; 5. Meeting the Enemy; 6. Remembering the American War in Vi
t Nam; Part III. Legacies: 7. Revisiting Vietnam; 8. Veteran Legacies in Vi
t Nam; Conclusion; Appendix One: Veteran Subjects; Appendix Two: Interview Questions; Bibliography; Index.