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OverviewThis singular collection of articles, essays, poems, criticism and personal recollections by a Vietnam veteran documents the author's reflections on the war, from his combat experiences to his exploration of American veteran identity to his struggles with PTSD. His career as an advocate for the welfare of GIs and veterans exposed to dangerous radiation and herbicides is covered. Several pieces deal with how the Vietnam experience is being archived by scholars for historical interpretation. These collected works serve as a study of how wars are remembered and written about by surviving veterans. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael UhlPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9781476666143ISBN 10: 1476666148 Pages: 300 Publication Date: 14 September 2016 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Steve Rees Preface Featured Articles Searching for Vietnam’s M.I.A.s Vietnam’s Shadow over Abu Ghraib The Wall: Entering the Aura of the Dead The Spat-Upon Vet Revisited Annals of the New Left: Dissing Golub Poetry Introduction Black Silks, Black Mud Dignum et Justum Est Shades War Birthed Me It’s Hard to Tell Sometimes… Criticism and Reviews Bombing for the Hell of It (Michael Uhl and Carol Brightman) • Excerpt from an Interview with Robert Strange McNamara Revising the Meaning of the Vietnam War The Problematic: Penny Lewis Repairs Some Misconceptions About the Vietnam War Apocalypse Now? The Strange Jeremiads of Christopher Hedges Déjà Vu All Over Again: Notes on a Jonathan Schell Review An Enfant Terrible Stumbles Upon the Vietnam War • Veteran War Crimes Testimony, 1969–1971: An Annotated Clipping File Meeting the Enemy: A Marine Goes Home Combat and Reconciliation: A Vietnam Vet Returns to Heal Old Wounds Armed with the Facts A Skillful Chronicle of Kerry’s Conflicts War and Remembrance Warrior’s Honor and the Ordeal of Survival That’s Vietnam, Jake The Jaws of Victory: A Historian Argues We Could Have Won—and Nearly Did Win—the Vietnam War War and Madness Obsessed by Vietnam How We Bombed in Laos On the Lam from Vietnam Travels with Charlie The God That Resigned Letters Home Gung Ho The Chosen: An Essay Some Notes on Being a Veteran in America PTSD The Politics of PTSD PTSD from the Inside Out Surviving PTSD In My Activist Voice Heeding the Call With Paul and Do’ at My Lai VFP Agent Orange Delegation in Vietnam Kerry and the Year of the Veteran Warriors for Peace Antiwar Vets Raise Their Voices Vets Bite War Occupying the Contested Zones of Meaning With Tod Ensign Introduction Soldier as Workers Changes in U.S. Army Mean Soldiers May Unionize A Union of Soldiers Support Still Strong for Military Union Prospects for a Military Union Setback Coalition Organizes Against Senate Bill Unorganizing GIs A Victim of the Tests Blowing the Whistle on Agent Orange Excerpt from G.I. Guinea Pigs: How the Pentagon Exposed Our Troops to Dangers More Deadly Than War • Introduction • Chapter 7—The Ranch Hands: “Only We can Prevent Forests…” • Chapter 10—The VA Fiddles while Agent Orange Burns Vets Appendix: Author’s Testimony Before the House Committee of Government Operations Hearings on the Phoenix Program IndexReviewsMichael Uhl was one of the most prominent figures in the veteran's resistance movement that played a crucial role in bringing to the American people the shocking reality of the Vietnam war. This collection of his writings is a pleasure to read, and to contemplate. -Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor Emeritus, MIT. As one of the most eloquent voices of the Vietnam generation, Michael Uhl's essays, journalism, and criticism provide an essential road map to 'the defining predicament' of his generation. Uhl masterfully explains and analyzes the literature, politics, and emotional realities of the Vietnam legacy. This is essential reading for those of us who are still trying to make sense of the Sixties. -Clara Bingham, Witness to the Revolution: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year America Lost its Mind and Found its Soul. Author InformationAs a political activist, Michael Uhl was co-founder of the Safe Return Amnesty Committee and the GI and veteran advocacy organization, Citizen Soldier. An independent scholar, his articles and reviews have appeared in The Nation and The Boston Globe. He lives in Walpole, Maine. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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