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Overview"This book was finished in the tenth year after the end of the Vietnam War. The year 1985 was also the year of Rambo, and of a number of other celebration of the Vietnam War in popular culture. It was the year Congress cut off aid to the ""Contras"" in Nicaragua, and then abruptly reversed itself and approved ""humanitarian"" aid to support the guerrilla war in that country. The ""Vietnam Syndrome"" showed signs of giving way tot he ""Grenada Syndrome"": the fear of repeating the Vietnam experience showed signs of giving way to a desire to relive it in an idealized form. The nation seemed deeply confused about its identity as an actor in world politics, and thus particularly vulnerable to appealing myths. So it is a good time to take a sober look back and the nation's consciousness during the Vietnam War itself--which as we shall see, despite the popular image of an independent media demolishing the nation's illusions, was also governed by a powerful mythology, born in part out of the traumas of earlier wars." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Daniel C. HallinPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780520065437ISBN 10: 0520065433 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 14 April 1989 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1 Introduction PART I Escalation and News Management, 1961-1965 CHAPTER 2 A Legitimate Part of that Global Commitment, 1961-1963 CHAPTER 3 It Does Not Imply Any Change of Policy Whatever, 1964-1965 PART II The War on Television, 196>1973 CHAPTER 4 The Uncensored War, 1965-1967 CHAPTER 5 We Are on Our Way Out, 1968-1973 CHAPTER 6 Conclusion NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDIX A: Abbreviations APPENDIX B: Code Book with Marginals for Some Variables INDEXReviewsAuthor InformationDaniel C. Hallin is Professor of Communications and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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