Receptions of War: Vietnam in American Culture (Oklahoma Project for Discourse and Theory, Vol 10)

By Andrew Martin. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 171-185) And Index. Sets out to examine the ways in which the Vietnam War was portrayed by the media in America, tracing the development of characteristic strategies and interpretations. The work also explores the intellectual and political rhetoric that has tried to revise the impact of the war on American society. A cultural criticism of the study of the Vietnam War as it has been portrayed in movies, television programmes and books. Martin traces the development of characteristic interpretations in the media and explores attempts to contain and revise the continuing effects of the war on American society.