Bibliograph

Stolen valor, how the Vietnam generation was robbed of its heroes and its history, B.G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley

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Stolen valor, how the Vietnam generation was robbed of its heroes and its history, B.G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 621-674) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Stolen valor

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

39458833

Responsibility statement

B.G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley

Sub title

how the Vietnam generation was robbed of its heroes and its history

Table Of Contents

Year in Vietnam -- Welcome home, baby killer?-- Will the real vietnam vet stand up? -- The ragtag brigade -- CBS hits "the wall within" -- Atrocities: the good war versus the bad war -- The creation of posttraumatic stress disorder -- Rambo: an American hero -- Would I lie to you? -- The VA and the PTSD "epidemic" -- The Vietnam veterans' guide to tax-free living -- PTSD made easy -- "Vietnam killed him": suicide -- An army on the streets: homelessness -- The purple heart flea market -- Fudging the records -- War stories and other lies: writers go to Vietnam -- The historian and the "gay beret" -- The minority myth: Blacks in Vietnam -- Baby, you looked like the Cong: women and Vietnam -- Bogus guests at the Hanoi Hilton -- The myth of agent orange -- the VVA: Vietnam Victims of America -- America's wailing wall -- Appendix i: Medal of Honor, Vietnam -- Appendix ii: Distinguished Service Cross, Vietnam -- Appendix iii: Navy Cross, Vietnam -- Appendix iv: Air Force Cross, Vietnam -- Appendix v: U.S. military POWs, Vietnam (returned -- alive) -- Endnotes -- Index

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