The Vietnam War left wounds that have taken three decades to heal--indeed some scars remain even today. InA Time for Peace, prominent American historian Robert D. Schulzinger sheds light on how deeply etched memories of this devastating conflict have altered America's political, social, and cultural landscape. Schulzinger examines the impact of the war from many angles. He traces the long, twisted, and painful path of reconciliation with Vietnam, the heated controversy over soldiers who were missing in action, the influx of over a million Vietnam refugees into the US, and the plight of Vietnam veterans, many of whom returned home alienated, unhappy, and unappreciated. Schulzinger looks at how the controversies of the war have continued to be fought in books and films and, perhaps most important, he explores the power of the Vietnam metaphor on foreign policy, particularly in Central America, Somalia, the Gulf War, and the war in Iraq. Using a vast array of sources,A Time for Peaceprovides an illuminating account of a war that still looms large in the American imagination.
Preface Introduction: Memories of the Vietnam War Part I International Affairs 1. Bitterness Between the United States and Vietnam, 1975-1980 2. Estrangement and D?tente, 1980-1988 3. Normalization, 1989-2000 Part II Veterans and Vietnamese Americans 4. Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment 5. Vietnam Veterans Memorials and Memories 6. The Vietnamese in America Part III Cultural Legacies 7. The Burden of Memory in Vietnam Literature 8. Vietnam Memories Through Film Part IV Conclusion: Political Echoes of a War 9. The Living Legacy of the Vietnam War Notes Bibliography Index
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