HIST 382 - Vietnam in the American Imagination

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Trinity College

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What is the national "Vietnam Syndrome", and was it really "kicked" after the first Iraq War, as proclaimed by the first President Bush Why did the war generate unprecedented attention to "PTSD" and soldiers' post-war adjustment problems Why was "Rambo II" the most popular "Vietnam" movie of all time, at home and abroad Why has Vietnam service - or service avoidance - figured so regularly in national political campaigns for more than a decade What have veterans themselves made of their wartime experiences This half-credit course will address these and related questions by using a wide variety of materials - including Hollywood films, novels, memoirs, poetry, song, theater, paintings, photography, public monuments, guest speakers, children's literature, as well as standard historical texts - to compare the "official" scholarly history (or histories) of the war, with the way the war has been represented and remembered in popular culture and public discourse. The course will meet once a week in the evening on a seminar basis, and is designed to complement "Warring States: The United States and Vietnam" ( HIST 345), which describes the war as "a set of events" that, more than any other in the post-WWII period, tore "the fabric of American political life and values." Enrollment limited, with preference to those taking "Warring States". 0.50 units, Lecture

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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