xix, 252 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-240) and index.
Contents
pt. I. International affairs -- 1. Bitterness between the United States and Vietnam, 1975-1980 -- 2. Estrangement and détente, 1980-1988 -- 3. Normalization, 1989-2000 -- pt. II. Veterans and Vietnamese Americans -- 4. Vietnam Veterans' readjustment -- 5. Vietnam Veterans memorials and memories -- 6. The Vietnamese in America -- pt. III. Cultural legacies -- 7. The burden of memory in Vietnam literature -- 8. Vietnam memories through film -- pt. IV. Conclusion : political echoes of a war -- 9. The living legacy of the Vietnam War.