The American War in Viet Nam

“We have been waiting for a book on war and memory about the American War in Vietnam—both about the Americans and the Vietnamese—in the new century of the Desert Wars of Afghanistan and Iraq. Susan Lyn Eastman has fulfilled that expectation, and she has done so with a study impressive in its range of topical issues, texts, and commentary.”—Philip D. Beidler, Margaret and William Going Professor of English, University of Alabama After more than four decades, the Viet Nam War continues to haunt ou