Vietnam precipitated a crisis in national self-confidence and a breakdown in political consensus out of which new ideological perspectives emerged. This book offers fresh perspectives on a defining event in 'the American Century', examining its historical and political significance and also its continuing cultural relevance.

Autorentext
SUBARMP CHATTARJI Reader and Associate Professor in the Department of English, University of Delhi, India W.D.EHRHART English and History Professor, the Haverford School, Philadelphia, USA H.BRUCE FRANKLIN John Cotton Dana Professor of English and American Studies, Rutgers University, USA JOHN HELLMANN Professor of English, Ohio State University, USA WALTER W.HÖLBLING Professor of US Literature and Culture, University of Graz, Austria PHIL MELLING Professor of American Literature and Cultural Studies, Department of American Studies, Swansea University, UK JON ROPER Professor and Head of the Department of American Studies, Swansea University, USA JONATHAN SCHELL The Nation's peace and disarmament correspondent, and the Harold Willens Peace Fellow at the Nation Institute.

Inhalt
Over Thirty Years; J.Roper The Long Shadow of Vietnam; J.Schell 'Vietnam' in the New American Century; H.B.Franklin Apocalypse Now Redux and the Return of Vietnam; J.Hellmann Imagining Vietnam: Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried; S.Chattarji The Vietnam War: (Post) Colonial Discourse and (Hi) Stories; W.Hölbling King Philip's Shadow; Vietnam and Iraq; P.Melling After the Wars are Over: Lost Cause, Noble Cause and the Shaping of Contemporary American Politics; J.Roper Kenny and Me: A Story of War & Friendship; W.D.Ehrhart Bibliography