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Auteur(s) : Hobbs, Mia Martin (1991-....)
Titre(s) : Return to Vietnam [Texte imprimé] : an oral history of American and Australian veterans' journeys / Mia Martin Hobbs, University of Melbourne
Publication : Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xv-273 p.) ; 24 cm
Collection : Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare
Lien à la collection : Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Between 1981 and 2016, thousands of American and Australian Vietnam War veterans
returned to Việt Nam. This comparative, transnational oral history offers the first
historical study of these return journeys. It shows how veterans returned in search
of resolution, or peace, manifesting in shifting nostalgic visions of 'Vietnam.' Different
national war narratives shaped their returns: Australians followed the 'Anzac' pilgrimage
tradition, whereas for Americans the return was an anti-war act. Veterans met former
enemies, visited battlefields, mourned friends, found new relationships, and addressed
enduring legacies of war. Many found their memories of war eased by witnessing Việt
Nam at peace. Yet this peacetime reality also challenged veterans' wartime connection
to Vietnamese spaces. The place they were nostalgic for was Vietnam, a space in war
memory, not Việt Nam, the country. Veterans drew from wartime narratives to negotiate
this displacement, performing nostalgic practices to reclaim their sense of belonging"
Sujet(s) : Guerre du Vietnam (1961-1975) -- Anciens combattants -- États-Unis
Guerre du Vietnam (1961-1975) -- Anciens combattants -- Australie
Guerre du Vietnam (1961-1975) -- Psychologie
Anciens combattants -- Santé mentale -- Australie -- 1945-1990
Anciens combattants -- Santé mentale -- États-Unis -- 1945-1990
Anciens combattants -- Voyages -- Vietnam
Indice(s) Dewey :
959.704 31 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Viêt-Nam - 1961-1975 - Histoire sociale, politique, économique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781108832663
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47274477w
Notice n° :
FRBNF47274477
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Part I: Return ; Reconciliation, 1981-1994 ; Normalization, 1995-2005 ; Commemoration,
2006-2016 ; Part II: Việt Nam ; Relics and Remnants ; Meeting the Enemy ; Remembering
the American War in Việt Nam ; Part III: Legacies ; Revisiting Vietnam ; Veteran
Legacies in Việt Nam
